Cork school first to pilot 15-minute Covid-19 tests

Working with Health Passport Ireland, a digital platform designed to increase Covid-19 testing, Bruce College staff are taking part in the six-week pilot programme.
Cork school first to pilot 15-minute Covid-19 tests

Bruce College, Cork Principal Micheál Landers having a Covid-19 rapid antibody test at the College when all the teachers were tested by Health Passport Ireland. Picture: Dan Linehan

Could quick, regular testing be a key line of defence in keeping schools safer as the country learns how to live with Covid-19?

A Cork school is the first in the country to offer teachers weekly Covid-19 antigen tests, with results available in just 15 minutes.

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