FOI Reveals The Closure of Close-Contact Services in Northern Ireland Was Not Based On The Data

Close-contact services in Northern Ireland were closed for 4 months in 2021. The claim is this was due to the potential danger of covid spread. However, a FOIR has revealed there were only 41 cases that were associated with 16 outbreaks and/or clusters from 1 August 2020 – 31 December 2020 out of an approximate 1.8m visits.