Contact Tracing Guidance
As of 10/02/2021, the testing of close contacts of confirmed cases of COVID-19 will resume as follows:
- All close contacts (including healthcare workers) will be tested at Day 0 and Day 10 after their last exposure to a case.
- All close contacts (including healthcare workers) may end the period of restricted movements on receipt of a 'not detected' test result from a test conducted on Day 10 since last exposure, as long as they have no symptoms.
For information on who is considered to be a close contact, please see HSE.ie.
For those recently arrived in Ireland from countries subject to S.I. No. 44 of 2021 (Restrictions Upon Travel To The State From Certain States), different guidance applies, see here. These countries are: Angola, Austria, Botswana, Brazil, Burundi, Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Eswatini, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Guidance will be updated to include these changes in the coming days.
Last updated 22nd February 2021
Information Leaflets
Further Contact Tracing Resources
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Information If you test positive for COVID-19 (Person with COVID-19)
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Information If you are a close contact of COVID-19 (Close Contact of a Person with COVID-19)
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Information If your child is a close contact of COVID-19 in school (School Setting)
Contact Tracing Video Resources