Coronavirus: Test times must be down to 24 hours before lockdown eased, expert warns

However, questions will have to be asked about the current testing and tracing times which will have to be looked at “really seriously.”

A leading expert has warned that any efforts to ease out of lockdown must be matched by a reduction in the length of time it takes to test and trace the virus.

The lockdown was justified when it was introduced, said Paul Moynagh, Professor of Immunology and Director of the Human Health Research Institute at Maynooth University, but he would like to see a greater sense of urgency with regard to test times which he says need to be reduced to 24 hours