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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: I thank Dr. De Gascun and Deputy Collins. The next speaker is Deputy Butler.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: Does Professor Nolan wish to contribute on that point?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: I call Deputy O'Dowd.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: It is ten minutes if Deputy Carroll MacNeill is not speaking.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: Is the recommendation that they are worn at all times or only in areas of high incidence?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: Is it in areas of high incidence?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: We will have a representative of the WHO before us on Thursday.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: I am sorry. We have to move on.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: If there is time at the end then you can come in again.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Deputy for that contribution. I call Deputy Foley.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: Thank you, Deputy.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: You may answer, but briefly, please, Dr. De Gascun.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: I wish to ask a couple of questions. Is there a difference between sustained human transmission and limited human transmission? Are those definitions readily used?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: The Department of Health re-categorised retrospectively several cases from community to local transmission at one stage. Can you tell us a little about that? It was in response to World Health Organization definitions. On 5 May, the Department retrospectively re-categorised several cases.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: A journalist put that in the public domain. In any event, you do not have the information.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: I want to ask about the types of testing. Both witnesses have pointed out the inadequacies of testing, at least for the initial period after being infected. Is there an alternative type of testing that is more effective like blood testing?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: How much does the testing carried out in the national virus reference laboratory cost per test?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: We heard at the very start that the virus has largely been driven from the community and is limited to clusters now. Is that pretty much where we are at? The witnesses said we have driven the virus out of the community to a large extent.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: Is it fair to say there are areas of the State in which it is not believed there is community transmission at the moment?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: It is not to say that there is no virus but rather that we do not believe the virus is being transmitted in the community in those areas, as opposed to in clusters.