Photo: Luca BrunoA big ramping up in the tracking of coronavirus patients' movements will see thousands of public service workers reassigned to contact tracing. Contact tracing and surveillance activities are viewed as an essential component of the public health response to Covid-19. The HSE are progressing the “urgent ramping up” of the contact tracing operation, with the immediate mobilisation of additional public sector workers to assist its Public Health departments in carrying out this vital work. A process to facilitate efficient allocation of resources across the public service is being developed across the system and will go live soon. Contact Tracing happens when a patient tests positive for Covid-19.

Source: Irish Independent March 16, 2020 22:18 UTC