Rapid walk-in testing to be rolled out in Covid blackspots

An emergency department nurse during a demonstration of the coronavirus pod and Covid-19 virus-testing procedures set-up beside the emergency department of Antrim Area Hospital, Co Antrim.

Rapid walk-in testing without the need for a GP referral will be put in place this week in Covid-19 blackspots, it has been confirmed.

The rollout of the 15-minute antigen and PCR tests will be part of what Taoiseach Micheál Martin called a “strategic approach” to targeting clusters and localised outbreaks.