Covid-19: Virus transmission highest ever and testing system near capacity, warns HSE chief 

HSE CEO Paul Reid said Covid-19 testing will continue, but warned the system is nearing capacity. Picture: Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland

Members of the public need to assume they have Covid-19 when they develop any symptoms and isolate before getting their test result. 

That was the message from the head of the HSE on Wednesday.