Positive Covid tests found on up to 30 flights per day, says HSE

When a positive case was linked to travel, they had to track and trace the other passengers in the two rows in front, behind and to the side of the infected person. Picture: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

The Health Service Executive’s national lead for testing and tracing, Niamh O’Beirne, has said that they are following up on positive cases of Covid-19 on up to 30 flights per day.

While the level of transmission on flights was quite low, she told RTÉ Radio’s Today show, when a positive case was linked to travel, they had to track and trace the other passengers in the two rows in front, behind and to the side of the infected person.