This was apparent again over the past 24 hours when the criteria for testing were altered again, effectively meaning people with only one Covid-19 symptom will not be tested.
At the time, the focus was on the removal of travel from overseas as a criterion for being tested for the virus. However, it was the decision to test people with just one symptom that really opened the floodgates. Now Ireland is adopting the World Health Organisation case definition for Covid-19, which requires two signs – fever and a respiratory symptom such as a cough or breathlessness.There are uncomfortable echoes of the cervical cancer controversy here – where an offer of free repeat smears to the wider population of women ended up clogging up the system and creating months of delay in the screening programme.
paulcullenit Our own government flip flopped- it was only yesterday -what kind of journalist are you- I would categorize this as fake news
paulcullenit Great work being churned out by the Irish Times . Informative and balanced
paulcullenit They've allowed a massive shortfall of testing and PPE but you keep singing their praises Irish Times
paulcullenit Politics are indeed being played in this crisis. A 'Thatcher in the Falklands war' moment. Our chronic capacity lack on testing, PPE & hospital beds endangers everyone. We're on top of a surge not control.
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