Covid-19 cluster in Offaly direct provision centre “People must be provided with places where they can be properly isolated” Reporter: '); '); A RESIDENT of the direct provision centre in Tullamore who has tested positive for Covid-19 has warned that the facility is a “time bomb”. The 29-year-old asylum seeker has been moved to quarantine at the Citywest hotel in Dublin so he can self isolate. The man was tested on Friday and when he received his result the following day he was told he must stay in his room and not have contact with anyone for 10 days. He was told there was a “high risk” he could spread the virus to other people.