Dr. Sharon McGuinness:

Regarding the employer role, let us step back to consider the fact that there is a pandemic and Covid is an infectious disease that can be transmitted as much outside of the workplace as inside it. The most robust system, therefore, for tracking Covid in anybody, whether a worker or someone else, is the public health infectious diseases requirement and reporting through the CIDR database. Even if an employer does not report directly to us and whether there is legislation requiring that, we still have access to all of that information to enable us to identify particular workplaces and sectors where there are issues arising.