40,000 awaiting Covid-19 tests in Ireland as symptoms threshold relaxed

Paul Reid said that all facets of the fight against the disease are set to scale up in the coming weeks.

There are more than 40,000 people waiting for Covid-19 tests in Ireland on the back of the relaxation of the symptoms threshold, the HSE has said.

At a media briefing in Dublin, Paul Reid, the executive’s CEO, said that all facets of the fight against the disease are set to scale up in the coming weeks.