Professor Cecily Kelleher:

It is clear that incidence rates varied by region. The areas with higher incidence rates was reflected in our data in higher incidence in nursing homes. A key component is that it is important to keep the infection out of nursing homes, and when there is a number of possible exposures in that setting, that is something to be hypervigilant about. The first point I would make is that there is a regional variation. That is an important point, which we are again looking at now. In general, preparedness has to take account of means of keeping the virus out of a home, and to have infection prevention and control strategies in place, and indeed contingency plans for the cohorting of staff, and other responses that need to be made. We have made all of those recommendations in the report.