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Garda Commissioner Drew Harris and several Garda leadership staff based at Garda headquarters are restricting their movements and working from home after coming into close contact with an officer who tested positive for coronavirus.
The senior officer who contracted Covid-19 was asymptomatic when he attended several meetings at Garda headquarters in Phoenix Park last week.
It is understood that you contracted the virus in an environment not related to your work.
Several senior officers who were in contact with him have been tested for Covid.
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris is restricting his movements after being in close contact with a colleague who subsequently tested positive for Covid-19.
A statement by An Garda Siochana to Independent.ie said the commissioner subsequently tested negative for the virus, but “in accordance with public health guidelines,” he is restricting his movement since he was informed he was a close contact.
At last week’s meeting, public health guidelines were followed regarding the use of masks, hand sanitizer and social distancing.
Mr. Harris was tested over the weekend.
“Separately, after being identified as ‘close contacts’ of a positive Covid-19 case, several other members are currently ‘restricting movement’ in accordance with HSE public health guidelines,” the statement said.
“All members remain available to work and work remotely.
“An Garda Síochána will not provide feedback on the individual status of other An Garda Síochána members or individual Garda stations / sections.
“The medical condition of an individual member is private information to them.
“There is currently no impact on An Garda Síochána’s services.
“A Garda Síochána will provide the necessary information about our service capacity if necessary.”
Tonight, a garda spokeswoman said: “After being identified as ‘close contacts’ of a positive Covid-19 case, several members are currently ‘restricting movement’ in accordance with HSE public health guidelines.
“All members remain on duty working remotely.
“An Garda Síochána will not provide feedback on the individual status of any member of An Garda Síochána or individual stations / sections of Garda.
“The medical condition of an individual member is private information to them.
“There is currently no impact on An Garda Síochána’s services.
“A Garda Síochána will provide the necessary information about our service capacity if necessary,” he explained.
The development at the Garda headquarters in Dublin comes after it became known yesterday that several Kerry-based Gardaí have to self-isolate as a precautionary measure after a positive Covid-19 test after a special training course.
Gardaí insisted that the self-isolation of several officers has had no impact on police surveillance within Kerry or on the performance of their duties in connection with Operation Fanacht.
The training course, which was held at a Killarney hotel, was attended by several officers involved in the traffic police.
It is understood that up to 30 officers participated in the entire training program.
An individual involved in the course subsequently tested positive for Covid-19.
The individual is not seriously ill.
As a precautionary measure, those in close proximity to the individual have been asked to isolate themselves as a precautionary measure.
Several gardaí are now undergoing preventive testing for Covid-19.
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