'Fire-fighting' coronavirus contact tracing hub in UCC stood down for now

Pictured in the HSE Contact Tracing Centre at UCC were (at the front from left) Kathryn Neville, one of the organisational leads on behalf of UCC; Dr. Martina Hayes, volunteer contact tracer, and Prof. Ivan Perry, Professor of Public Health at UCC and one of the organisational leads on behalf of UCC. Also in picture are Dr. Cliodhna Foley Nolan, (back centre) Public Health Specialist, and some of the contact tracers. Picture Denis Minihane.

One of the country’s largest HSE contact tracing hubs has been stood down with reassurance that it will be ready to go at moment's notice if there is a second wave.