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)

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The median time in the public system from a swab to a lab result is 30 hours or 1.25 days. I do not have the details but I am happy to look at them. When people talk about median times of approximately three days, it includes several days of contact tracing that takes place afterwards. The median time at the moment for the HSE from a swab to a test result is 30 hours.

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