Antigen tests 'have a place' in facilitating international travel, expert says

Professor Mary Horgan said that antigen tests, like all other protective modalities, had their place, and that Ireland should be using "all available tools to keep infection rates low." Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

The President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland has said that Ireland would benefit from looking at how other European countries are using antigen testing to facilitate foreign travel.

Professor Mary Horgan said that other countries had adopted the use of antigen tests around international travel because of the more immediate way in which they deliver a result.