More than 400 UCC staff and students taking part in Covid-19 rapid test project

Rapid tests have the potential to enhance and complement existing public health measures such as vaccination, hand-washing, mask-wearing, and social distancing

Olympic rower Emily Hegarty promoting UCC’s UniCov rapid antigen testing scheme for staff and students. Picture: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision

University College Cork (UCC) has launched a large-scale Covid-19 rapid testing project to inform the development of early warning systems.

As staff and students return to the Cork campus, more than 400 of them will take part in the comparative analysis of testing technologies for use in disease surveillance and prevention.