A Department of Health report examining the spread of Covid-19 through Ireland's nursing homes says the risk of the disease getting in "would have been low", if guidance which required that patients test negative before being moved, and other measures, had been adhered to.

The report, seen by Prime Time, refers to HSE guidance issued on 10 March on the transfer of people from hospitals to nursing homes.

This guidance was later changed. The 10 March guidance included a requirement that patients with symptoms of the disease in hospitals where Covid-19 had been found test negative before being moved to nursing homes.

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