The Kid’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman says public health guidelines were successful in containing a COVID-19 case in a north Dublin creche.
It is comprehended the creche employee who tested favorable did not have any signs at the time.
Parents of the kids have actually been notified and proper screening is underway.
Minister O’Gorman informed Newstalk Breakfast: “I do think what this single case has shown is that the general public health guidance that remains in place for all creches in fact works.
” The HSE and Tusla, as inspector of creches, were informed immediately once this disease ended up being known.
” All kids because specific pod – that is the group in which the children because creche were being took care of together – all those kids were sent house, and certainly all the staff who had contact with this employee were sent house.
” But since the creche was following the general public health guidelines, just the children who remain in that pod and just a certain variety of staff had actually had contact with this specific or had contact with each other.
” It is very important to say there have actually been no other diagnoses of COVID among those kids, or the other staff.
” But any possible COVID would have been consisted of within that group”.
” We’re taking a look at what has actually taken place in this circumstances and, as I said, we’re looking at – to date – the success of following the public health standards in including what occurred here.
” And obviously we wish to make sure that when schools open, they can do so in the safest way possible”.
Health guidelines ‘effective’ in containing COVID-19 creche case
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Professor Sam McConkey is head of the department of international health at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
He said kids normally are ruled out high risk.
” Thankfully this virus does not seem to impact kids as much as elderly people.
” As we know it’s been an awful thing in our nation, but by and big all the sort of mortality and morbidity has actually been really in senior individuals.”
” The good news is this isn’t so much a disease of children”.
” Clearly the concern would be that anybody who takes a trip could bring it back from abroad and then spread it to other asymptomatic contacts who are young and healthy and possibly do not get really sick.
” But then they might spread it to their parents and grandparents and start a break out.
” So to me, it’s more of a public health concern significance that it introduces an infection into our community.
” And that’s why it’s fantastic that we’re having this test [which] certainly was done of the individual who had the test, the test result was found and clearly there’s been really fast and comprehensive follow up.
” Now the kids, and possibly others that have actually been contact – like parents – are being used testing as well.
” And that’s what we must be doing”.
Health standards ‘effective’ in containing COVID-19 creche case
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