Kerry clinic offering antigen tests so couples can attend pregnancy scans together

In majority of clinics nationally, women have attended scans alone since pandemic broke out

Nurse Olivia Kelliher holds a Covid-19/Antigen test kit at Scotia Clinic, Manor West, Tralee, Co Kerry. The clinic is offering antigen tests to partners of pregnant women so they can come into see the scans. Picture: Domnick Walsh

A women’s health clinic in Kerry is now offering antigen tests to partners of pregnant women so they can attend scans together.

This contrasts with the situation in many maternity hospitals where women have attended scans alone since the start of the pandemic.