'Be vigilant': HSE warn public as scammers claiming to be contact tracers attempt to get bank details

An Emergency Department Nurse during a demonstration of the Coronavirus pod and COVID-19 virus testing procedures set-up beside the Emergency Department of Antrim Area Hospital.

The HSE has told the public that they will never be contacted by them looking for bank details after a text scam from people claiming to work in contact tracing began circulating.

Coronavirus tests are free, the HSE added, saying that the scammers are telling people they have been identified as a close contact of a confirmed Covid-19 case.