Holohan: Current tests will miss 40% of Covid cases coming into country

Dr Tony Holohan said the country is seeing rapidly increasing incidence of coronavirus in long-term care settings and vulnerable groups. Photo: Colin Keegan,

Up to 40% of Covid cases among people travelling into the country “will be missed” under current Government guidelines, while up to 1,000 people may die of Covid-19 this month alone, Dr Tony Holohan has warned.

In his latest letter to the Government, the chief medical officer says that if passengers are only required to take a PCR test then two out of every five cases of Covid-19 will not be detected.