Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

June 23, 2020

Establishing Prison-Led Contact Tracing to Prevent Outbreaks of COVID-19 in Prisons in Ireland

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  • The Irish Prison Service National Infection Control Team, in collaboration with other national agencies, have implemented a program to develop and train contact tracing teams in prisons run by prison staff. All prisons in Ireland now have fully–functional contact tracing teams, and each team has responded to at least one case of COVID-19. 

Clarke et al. (June 2020). Establishing Prison-Led Contact Tracing to Prevent Outbreaks of COVID-19 in Prisons in Ireland. Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaa092