It comes as a nursing home in Galway appealed for help earlier this week following a major outbreak
Nursing Homes Ireland says staffing remains the biggest issue in the fight against Covid-19.
It says 40 of the country's 570 residential facilities currently have clusters of the virus.
Positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at nursing homes across the country including here in Cork when last month a confirmed case of the virus was identified in a Care Choice nursing home in Montenotte on the city's northside.
Meanwhile, A nursing home in Galway appealed for help earlier this week following a major outbreak.
25 of the 27 residents at the Nightingale Nursing Home were confirmed to have Covid-19 and one person has died.
CEO of Nursing Homes Ireland, Tadhg Daly, says the HSE needs to act swiftly when outbreaks occur:
