Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements
Dail Éireann — 2020-05-07
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

-----and to do so with a rapid turnaround, followed by rapid and aggressive tracing. That is not contrary to the medical advice or the advice of the Chief Medical Officer, CMO, as the Deputy contends.
The testing centres have been underutilised in the past couple of weeks because of the clinical criteria for testing. Now that they have been relaxed by the NPHET and the CMO, I expect to see them used much more than previously.

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Sitting date: 2020-05-07