Significant numbers of people identified as close contacts of confirmed cases of coronavirus are refusing to present for testing, a briefing of the National Public Health Emergency Team has heard.
“We know a significant portion of people who have been identified as contacts and have been offered testing are not coming forward for testing,” acting chief medical officer Dr“Testing is the foundation stone of everything we do in relation to this disease,” he added. “ If we don’t know how many people have it, if we don’t know where it’s spreading, we can’t stop it. So if you’re asked to get a test, please do so”.
Nphet reported 11 new cases and no new deaths from the virus on Monday evening. However, Dr Glynn cautioned against assuming Nphet would recommend moving to the final phase of the country’s reopening on July 20th, under which all pubs can resume trading. “I think we are concerned about the increase in cases over the last five days,” he said.
There have been 99 additional cases in the last five days, as the country continues to reopen from lockdown. “We’re not sounding an alarm but we’re certainly watching this really, really closely,” he said.
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