Coronavirus: Weekly testing for nursing home staff to commence in 10 days

The chief executive of Nursing Homes Ireland, Tadhg Daly, has said that he expects Covid-19 testing for nursing home staff on a weekly basis will commence within the next 10 days.

The new measure comes on the back of a recommendation from the European Centre for Disease Control on May 19 for more regular testing of staff in long term residential care, Mr Daly said, speaking on Morning Ireland.