Elaine Loughlin: Scramble on to find more contact tracers for imploding system

Eight months into the pandemic, it appears that the recruitment of full-time dedicated contact tracers is only beginning with 400 currently working in the system

Two phones with the official Irish health service executive "Covid Tracker" contact tracing app installed on them as the government prepares to launch the app.

Eight months into the pandemic the vital links between testing and tracing have buckled and cracked under the strain.

Even more concerning are the severed chains of communication between the HSE and the Government.