Some frontline health staff waiting a week for Covid-19 results

Keeping up the presence on the roads in Cork are Garda Mark O’Connor and Garda Kevin Coughlan on patrol on the Blackrock Road, Cork. Picture Dan Linehan

A nursing union has sought clarification about Covid-19 testing for healthcare workers amid reports that some frontline staff are waiting up to a week for their own results.

It comes as new figures show that the hospitals with the highest number of confirmed Covid-19 cases are all concentrated in Dublin, where 56% of all confirmed cases are located.