Pupils who test positive for Covid in a 'rapid test' at school this week will have to isolate with their families for 10 days - even if a non-rapid PCR test comes back negative a few days later.

With almost 40 years’ experience in diagnostics, Randox Laboratories was ideally positioned to become integrally involved in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Its next-day, cost-effective PCR ...

Medically reviewed by Kate Colby, MPHYou may get a PCR test, which can show a positive result for up to three months after recovery. If you take a rapid antigen test, it may not detect COVID after ...

People who need PCR tests for flights will no longer have to travel to Dublin as screening company GoSafe48 are now providing private rapid PCR testing in Dundalk. They will be offering the private ...

As demand for tests spiked, the only PCR test centre in southwest Dublin closed shop In recent months the green tent on Inchicore's Emmet Road had become a fixture on evening walks around the block, ...

Covid-19 PCR testing is to be wound down this autumn and will no longer be recommended for people who are either well or have mild illness, under revised Department of Health plans published today.

Infectious diseases expert Dr Eoghan de Barra has called on the Government to make a decision now about using antigen tests as a means of identifying Covid cases, as PCR testing capacity has been ...

People Before Profit TD Brid Smith blamed the Government for its inaction, causing chaos over the Christmas period. Photo: by PAUL FAITH/AFP via Getty Images There is an urgent need for free Covid-19 ...

Any minister scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi must get an RT-PCR test done, said sources. This comes after COVID-19 cases in the country crossed 7,000. About 70 BJP functionaries from ...