Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 August 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed)

Dr. Ronan Glynn:

I will point to an article I read this morning about Germany, which is seeing an increase in cases. There were more than 2,000 cases on Saturday and 40% of their cases in recent days have been attributed to travel abroad. While Germany is in a different position, and this is based on an article from this morning, we can only speak about our own national experience. At one stage during the summer, when numbers had gotten really low, 20% of our cases were travel related. Currently it is 5% with 70 cases. To my mind the numbers speak for themselves.

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