Covid-19: 440 primary pupils report positive antigen test in first week of programme

About 2% of tests issued under the primary schools programme have been positive. Picture: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

The first week of the primary school's antigen testing programme has seen 440 students so far report a positive antigen test. 

Officially launched last Monday, about 22,000 free antigen tests have so far been distributed through the programme to the classroom close contacts of primary school students who receive a positive PCR test.