The HSE has set out its plan on how it will carry out testing and contact tracing over the coming months, with an aim to increase testing capacity and have a turnaround time of three days from referral to the contact tracing process being completed.
Speaking at a media briefing this morning, HSE Chief Executive Paul Reid said almost 270,000 tests have been carried out so far, and outlined targets for the health service from next week.
Mr Reid said he had never seen "so much change" happen so quickly across the HSE as it responds to the crisis, however he said it needs "to improve" further with testing and tracing.
In a document to be published today, he said it focuses on actions to increase testing capacity and a turnaround time of three