The head of the HSE Paul Reid has said one million Covid-19 tests have been carried out in Ireland so far to date.
In a tweet posted today, Reid said: “Today we completed our one millionth Covid-19 test. We’ve more plans for improvement to be put in place. A huge credit goes to all teams that are making this happen in our GPs, communities, public health, labs, contact tracers, hospitals & ambulance servicd and many more.
Reid’s comments come as the National Public Health Emergency Team have become concerned with the rise in Covid-19 cases over the past few weeks.
Today we completed our one millionth #COVID19 test. We’ve more plans for improvement to be put in place. A huge credit goes to all teams that are making this happen in our GPs, communities, public health, labs, contact tracers, hospitals & @AmbulanceNAS and many more. @HSELive
— Paul Reid (@paulreiddublin) September 16, 2020
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