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Extremely medically vulnerable groups with respect to COVID-19

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To inform national efforts in response to COVID-19, HIQA develops evidence summaries and syntheses to answer specific policy questions and topics posed by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET).

Advice to NPHET

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Policy topic and advice provided to NPHET on 05 November 2020



This evidence synthesis was used to inform advice provided to NPHET to address the following policy topic:

  • Based on the available international evidence, is the current definition of what constitutes “extremely medically vulnerable” (that is, those who were previously asked to cocoon) in relation to COVID-19 appropriate?

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