Some people being offered Covid-19 tests by contract tracers aren't coming forward

Liz Canavan, Assistant Secretary to the Department of An Taoiseach, said some people being offered tests for Covid-19 are not taking them. Picture: Gareth Chaney Collins

Assistant Secretary at the Department of the Taoiseach, Liz Canavan, said that a growing number of cases had been identified in clusters, but some close contacts are not being tested.

"Public health doctors are reporting a growing number of clusters around the country in recent days.