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 ...

There is an urgent need for free Covid-19 antigen tests, along with the ramping up of the PCR testing system, according to People Before Profit TD, Brid Smith. She has blamed Government inaction on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Infectious diseases don’t respect borders,” says Khoa Thai, a clinical microbiologist at the Star-shl medical diagnostics laboratory in the Netherlands. To limit their spread, we need a globally ...

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 words "respiratory syncytial virus" don't exactly roll off the tongue, but the initials "RSV" have been on a lot of lips of late. Reported cases of the virus, which causes respiratory infections, ...

The PCR testing for tourists visiting Sri Lanka has been reduced with effect from 2nd February, the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Authority (SLTDA) said yesterday. Accordingly, while on arrival PCR ...