Direct Provision and Emergency Accommodation Centres have been directed by the Department of Justice to generate dedicated self-isolation rooms in response to Covid-19.
It is one of the measures in the Department's contingency plans for centres, outlined this evening. The Department is consulting the HSE about potential prevention and cocoon measures for the most medically socially vulnerable people in Direct Provision and Emergency accommodation.
A dedicated off-site self-isolation unit for centre residents who may need such a facility will be piloted. "Intensive work is ongoing to put this facility in place," according to the Department.