HSE STI home-testing service temporarily halted following thousands of orders

Clinics for sexually-transmitted illnesses have been curtailed with some services merged or unable to open. Picture: HSE/ SH24.ie
A home testing kit for sexually-transmitted infections programme launched by the HSE on Tuesday has already received thousands of orders and is temporarily halted.
This pilot programme was launched only in Cork, Kerry and Dublin. They started taking orders online at 5pm but by lunchtime on Wednesday were over-subscribed.