Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 29 September 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State
Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source
I have a brief follow-up question for Dr. Cuddihy. Let us suppose somebody who is asymptomatic, that is, who is showing no symptoms of Covid, has a heart attack, is brought to hospital and is tested and it is found that the person has Covid and he or she dies soon afterwards. This is a person who has demonstrated no symptoms. Is that person's death recorded as a Covid death or not? The person tested positive for Covid but, ultimately, he or she was taken to hospital because he or she had a heart attack, a stroke, fell off the roof of a building or the like.
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