Need for antigen testing will drop as vaccination programme rolls out - Donohoe

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe said the government “has to be guided by the CMO”. Photo: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

The rollout of the vaccine programme means the need for using antigen testing later this summer will diminish, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has said.

Speaking in Dublin after the Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan set out his reservations around antigen testing, Mr Donohoe said the government “has to be guided by the CMO”.