“I regret that it happened but there are big calls we are going to have to make as we move through this process”
"I regret that it happened but there are big calls we are going to have to make as we move through this process."
The government has faced criticism in recent days after it emerged the HSE did not contact thousands of close contacts of confirmed cases over a three-day period from Friday, 16 October to Sunday, 18 October because the contact tracing system was overwhelmed by cases.Those with confirmed cases from those days were sent a text on Tuesday asking them to alert their own close contacts to restrict their movements and to immediately contact their GP to arrange a test.
"And Mike Ryan of the WHO is always very clear on that: If you wait for perfection you won't stay on top of things, so in terms of the weekend I want to acknowledge the 70% factor of the decision was right, we had to make that operational decision that we had to make on Tuesday.
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