The Health Service Executive has said it hopes to clear the backlog of suspended CervicalCheck screening tests by October.
Speaking at a HSE briefing, Dr Henry said the resumption of screening services will be based on the assumption that there will continue to be low levels of the virus in the community and that a reintroduction of restrictions will not occur.It says that if the HSE adheres to 80% bed occupancy, given the threat posed by Covid-19, this will lead to 108,000 fewer planned cases being treated a year.
Dr Colm Henry, HSE, has said priority groups will be targetted when CervicalCheck screening resumes, with invitations to go out on 6 July and screening to begin the following week | Read more: https://t.co/jrqSyjesME pic.twitter.com/8x9jXin5WmThe average number of close contacts of Covid-19 positive cases is now 4.6 people, HSE CEO Paul Reid has said.
Mr Reid said Ireland was in the top six of countries in relation to testing and that some countries are not doing testing at all.Patients coming in for surgery must have self-isolated first for 14 days and have a negative test for the virus 72 hours before admission.
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