Q&A: How does our contact tracing system work?

There are about 800 contact tracers in Ireland at present, based at centres in Limerick, Cork, Galway and Dublin

Team leader Keela Brogan at the Galway Contact Tracing Centre. Picture: Ray Ryan

As Ireland works its way painstakingly through its latest lockdown, different patterns are emerging in the countrywide Covid-19 picture. 

As with the country’s experience last summer, some parts of the country are doing better in flattening their curves than others.