Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 October 2020
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE
Dr. Kevin Kelleher:
That is what we are planning to do. The committee has heard from Ms O'Beirne about what we are doing to set up a system that will be able to cope. Like all things, it will depend on other considerations. If there are 1,000 cases a day and each of those has ten or 12 contacts, the numbers become massive and different things are required. We are looking at doing those things, but I hope that people have now seen the impact of what has happened and will reflect this knowledge in their behaviour. The real issue is moving on after whatever period this goes on for and what people do in the next stage. How things move on will be the key issue.
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