The UK Government is putting increasing importance on regular testing rather than self isolation, as ministers look to avoid a full-scale lockdown. Hundreds of thousands of tests are estimated to be ...

Covid-19 may not have gone away but it has been tamed for now. From today we are on our own when it comes to protecting ourselves and others from the virus. The message is we can be trusted and ...

There are two main approaches to testing for Covid-19 and they search for different things. The PCR test takes a swab from the back of the nose and throat and looks for presence of the virus itself.

The Health Service Executive is hoping significant changes to an overwhelmed Covid-19 testing system will free up about 50 per cent capacity for PCR tests for older people under new rules coming into ...

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 ...

The Taoiseach has said that the Government will be accepting all advice from the National Public Health Emergency Team to lift almost all remaining Covid-19 measures from 28 February. Changes will ...

Sinn Féin Councillor Cathal Foley said delays in PCR testing and a limited supply of antigen tests is at crisis point in Tralee due to the rapid rate of COVID infections caused by the Omicron variant.

The State has spent almost €700m on PCR testing during the Covid-19 pandemic, amid claims of taxpayer’s money being misspent. It has emerged that, to date, €630m has been spent on the provision of PCR ...