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HSE to send response teams to nursing homes to battle Covid-19 clusters

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It is understood that the medical teams will be assigned to 38 locations

where clusters have been identified.

Their job will be to assist and advise staff on how to best contain and handle the virus, RTE reports.There are currently 160 clusters around the country, with a total of 4,273 confirmed cases of the deadly bug in Ireland.Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan specifically expressed his worry over the number of clusters in nursing homes nationwide.

Speaking at a press briefing on Friday evening, he said: "We are concerned with the number of clusters identified in nursing homes."We need to see continuous actions being taken to reduce the risk of transmission in nursing home and long-term residential facilities."Read More Coronavirus Ireland A total of 48 people have now sadly died in the North after testing positive for Covid-19.

 

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