Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 September 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Update on Covid-19: Discussion

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Professor Nolan for that. I will follow on from that point because it segues into my next question on test and trace. There has been some public commentary with regard to children, especially in schools. In his opening statement, the CMO said that "we have noted an increase in testing rates and confirmed cases in children aged five to 12 years". There was also some public commentary and, I believe, a leaked document from NPHET that looked at the possibility of relaxing the rule of self-isolation for children who are asymptomatic. My understanding is that as of today, approximately 12,000 children are self-isolating and there are approximately 1,200 new cases a day. Would those figures be correct for starters?

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