HSE reveals 12,000 kids out of schools as Covid close contacts

Almost 12,000 schoolchildren are currently out of class due to being a close contact of someone with Covid-19, the HSE has confirmed. Picture: Leah Farrell/Photocall Ireland

Almost 12,000 schoolchildren are currently out of class due to being a close contact of someone with Covid-19, the HSE has confirmed. 

However, HSE lead for testing and tracing Niamh O’Beirne said the positivity rate found so far from testing children, aged 14 and under, has dropped to 9%.