Member of the Defence Forces or HSE at a coronavirus test centre set up on the LÉ Samuel Beckett, at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2, last month
This morning.
RTÉ is reporting that a nursing home resident who was tested for Covid-19 nine days ago died last night.
The resident’s test results had not come through by the time of their death.
RTÉ is also reporting a nursing home resident is very ill in hospital and still waiting for their Covid-19 test result, after a swab being taken eight days ago.
Fergal Bowers has tweeted:
Their doctor said that as a test result had not yet come through – positive or negative – the patient will now have to be treated as a positive case by the funeral home, with strict precautions as set out in recent guidelines.
— Fergal Bowers (@FergalBowers) April 1, 2020
In a second case, also in a nursing home, the swab was taken on 24 March. The patient was later transferred to a Dublin hospital and is now very ill. The results of that swab also remain unavailable.
— Fergal Bowers (@FergalBowers) April 1, 2020
























