Covid-19 contact tracing programme being called into question

The Government’s programme of contact tracing for those suffering from Covid-19 has been called into question after it emerged that many people who have tested positive had not been made aware of their result.

The increase in levels of testing over the past 10 days has seen a change made to the system of notifications for those suspected of having the disease, with general practitioners now being informed of their patients’ status for negative results. Previously news of negative results was to be delivered by text message from the HSE.