Naas hospital confirms Covid-19 outbreaks at two wards, including psychiatric unit

Earlier the Irish Examiner reported that at least 18 staff and nine patients at the psychiatric ward had tested positive for the virus, following the transfer of a patient from a Dublin hospital to the Naas facility in recent weeks. Picture: Leah Farrell/Rollingnews.ie

An outbreak of Covid-19 has been detected at two hospital wards, including a psychiatric ward, at Naas General Hospital in Kildare.

A spokeswoman for the HSE said that the outbreak in the acute hospital was separate to the outbreak at the inpatient acute psychiatric Lakeview Unit, based on the grounds of the hospital, and confirmed that an outbreak control team was managing cases on both wards.