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

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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I am not aware which type of test it is. My understanding is that a special unit has been set up in Vienna to deal with Covid-19 testing that quickly provides results, particularly in schools and colleges where there are a large number of students. I wonder if that issue could be looked at.

I will move on to discuss elderly care units within the HSE. There were challenges during the initial stages of the pandemic in March and April in rooms with more than six residents. How many of those units are we now left with where challenges are posed by the number of people per room? What is the timescale for dealing with those challenges?