{"id":1181,"date":"2020-09-10T14:12:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T13:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/suspension-of-covid-19-testing-at-meat-plants-highlights-serious-capacity-issues\/"},"modified":"2020-09-10T14:12:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T13:12:50","slug":"suspension-of-covid-19-testing-at-meat-plants-highlights-serious-capacity-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/suspension-of-covid-19-testing-at-meat-plants-highlights-serious-capacity-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspension of Covid-19 testing at meat plants highlights serious capacity issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The suspension of Covid-19 testing at meat plants completely undermines assurances from the HSE that there is capacity in the system to carry out 100,000 tests a week, according to R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD, co-leader of the Social Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Shortall said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPublic confidence in the Government\u2019s test and trace programme will have been further eroded by this latest development. The HSE has suspended testing at food and meat processing plants due to capacity issues and the need to divert its resources for suspected cases in the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is proof positive that the 100,000 weekly testing capacity we were told was in place was more of an aspiration than a reality as the figure has never been achieved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems that from the beginning there were serious problems with getting the testing and tracing up to the scale required. The lull in the rates over May and June was an opportunity to get this system fully operational, particularly at high-risk settings such as meat plants and direct provision centres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need a test and trace system that is fit for purpose and can allow the HSE to be both proactive and reactive in bringing infection rates down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>September 10, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The suspension of Covid-19 testing at meat plants completely undermines assurances from the HSE that there is capacity in the system to carry out 100,000 tests a week, according to R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD, co-leader of the Social Democrats. Deputy Shortall said: \u201cPublic confidence in the Government\u2019s test and trace programme will have been further eroded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,264],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","category-roisin-shortall"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Suspension of Covid-19 testing at meat plants highlights serious capacity issues - Social Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/suspension-of-covid-19-testing-at-meat-plants-highlights-serious-capacity-issues\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ga_IE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Suspension of Covid-19 testing at meat plants highlights serious capacity issues - Social Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The suspension of Covid-19 testing at meat plants completely undermines assurances from the HSE that there is capacity in the system to carry out 100,000 tests a week, according to R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD, co-leader of the Social Democrats. 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