The University of Limerick is to facilitate on campus COVID-19 testing by HSE Mid-West Community Healthcare in a bid to prevent further transmission among the student population.
The move is in response to a rise in cases of COVID-19 in recent weeks in the Castletroy area of Limerick city, believed to be associated with students living in off-campus accommodation.
UL President Professor Kerstin Mey has again strongly urged students to understand their own individual roles in keeping communities safe and to be aware of the consequences of breaking current government COVID-19 restrictions.
The Department of Public Health Mid-West has seen some evidence in recent weeks of an increase in COVID-19 cases among the student population living in the immediate vicinity of the campus, which it says is “largely based around simple household visits”
