Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 22 January 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion

Dr. Ronan Glynn:

From a pure public health perspective, we would like if the entire country stayed at home for two weeks and did not leave their houses at all. That is not realistic in that there are essential services we have to keep going. Our best indicator of compliance and population buy-in is the average number of close contacts per case. That has fallen to 2.1 on average per confirmed case. The challenge is not so much to improve on that. It is how to sustain and maintain that over the coming weeks. That is going to be very difficult. The majority of people have stayed at home and have not met up with friends or family members. That becomes increasingly difficult as we move forward over the coming weeks.

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