Oireachtas Covid committee warns another lockdown is 'unsustainable'

Covid testing should be completed in 'at most' one day, the Oireachtas Covid-19 Response Committee has said. Picture: Chair of the Covid 19 Resonse Committee Michael McNamara TD at Leinster House. Picture:Gareth Chaney/Collins

The HSE’s target turnaround time for end-to-end Covid-19 testing should be “at most” one day, an Oireachtas report has urged.

The Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Response has also called for the introduction of temperature screening for everyone coming into the state, and to have all healthcare workers regularly tested to identify asymptomatic carriers of the virus.