Professor Cecily Kelleher:

Speaking to the section referred to, this was information that was repeatedly given to us at an anecdotal level so we asked for systematic evidence to link that observation. Obviously there are geographical associations and what we were told by many, as we have said, around the staff who work in the nursing home sector, where they may have shared accommodation or other reasons, that they were associated. I do think it is a very important issue that needs vigilance. We know that rolling testing was also being done in the meat packing industry as well as the rolling testing that is being done in nursing homes. We have recommended that the data sets be linked so that we could have a more systematic report on the risk factors for outbreaks in those settings, which are important to record.