Explained: What is happening with rapid antigen testing?

Despite widespread political support for antigen testing, scepticism from health authorities has meant that it has, until now, been viewed as the poor relation of PCR testing. File picture

Twenty months into the pandemic, and seven months after its own chief scientific officer said it was OK, the Government has finally embraced antigen testing.

Yes, Simon Harris, the higher education minister, embraced it for colleges, but in truth, he simply defied the concerns of Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan on that one.