Covid-19 outbreak confirmed in Direct Provision centre in Limerick

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The HSE has confirmed it is managing a Covid-19 cluster at a Direct Provision centre (DPC) in Limerick city.

The HSE said that a letter sent to residents at Hanratty’s Hotel, Glentworth Street, was ‘a standard letter that we use when there is a number of cases in a congregated setting”.