[ad_1] The number of key workers and family members who test positive on Covid-19 has exceeded the number of sick people who test positive at hospitals. New figures showing 2,067 key workers tested positive for a new daily count prompted calls for more focus on how and why health and social workers were contracting coronaviruses … Read more
[ad_1] Ministers face constant criticism of coronavirus testing, as the number of daily tests fell below 80,000, home care staff reported difficulties in getting the checkup, and home kits were delivered without return envelopes. On Friday, the secretary of health, Matt Hancock announced that the government target of 100,000 tests per day had been reached … Read more
[ad_1] The rate of testing for Covid-19 has increased to 12,000 a day and the target of 100,000 tests a week will be achieved by mid-May, according to HSE chief executive Paul Reid. By last Friday, 176,000 tests had been completed for the disease, placing Ireland among the top five or six countries in Europe … Read more
[ad_1] The health service faces a “key challenge” to speed up the response time for coronavirus test results once the delay is eliminated later this week, Health Minister Simon Harris said. Harris said the Health Service Executive still has “work to do” to increase the speed at which it can produce test results among the … Read more
[ad_1] A senior HSE official questioned a claim by Fianna Fáil leader that 51,000 people are awaiting swab tests to detect coronavirus. Micheál Martin described the figure after he and other opposition leaders received an official briefing on the Covid-19 crisis. He said 53,000 tests had been completed to date in Ireland, but 51,000 people … Read more