AQW 12068/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of times contact tracing details left by customers in (i) the hospitality sector; (ii) the sport and leisure sectors; and (iii) places of worship have been used to inform other customers, service users or worshippers of having been in close proximity to someone who has subsequently tested positive for COVID-19.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 15 December 2020
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 15 December 2020
- Answer due by
- 4 January 2021
- Answered
- 20 August 2021248 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Public Health Agency (PHA) has advised that it is only mandatory for customers or service users to leave contact details in the hospitality sector. Such information is requested by PHA on a case by case basis.
The PHA reports information on clusters and outbreaks by setting each week at the following link:
https://www.publichealth.hscni.net/publications/covid-19-clusteroutbreak-summary
This data is informed by people who have tested positive and advise the PHA of their location in the previous seven days, the PHA are then able to make links between cases who have attended the same setting.