Focus of Covid-19 threat remains with arrivals in Ireland not travellers leaving says infectious disease expert

Professor McConkey thinks testing should remain focused on arrivals. Picture: Jim Coughlan.

The focus of the Government should be on testing people for Covid-19 who are coming to Ireland - not leaving, according to an infectious disease expert.

The Department of Transport is considering swabbing travellers before they leave the country and only allowing them go when they have tested negative.