Covid-19 positivity rates among children are falling even as the numbers going for tests are spiralling, the HSE has said. However, a decision on whether asymptomatic close contacts should continue to be removed from school will only be made next week by the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet), according to the HSE. “Between our walk-in testing sites and self-referrals alone, we have received 32,000 children in the last seven days. She urged parents of symptomatic children to keep them at home as doctors are reporting cases where children are returning to school while waiting on test results. “I know children are coming into school but these are well children.

Source: Irish Examiner September 09, 2021 16:52 UTC