Irish Examiner view: Covid-19 testing at airports

The announcement that airport drive-through testing centres will open at Cork and Shannon is a very positive step.

Drive-through testing centres for Covid-19 is expected to be available this week for conducting pre-departure tests for passengers.

The evidence, actual and anecdotal, suggests that Covid-19 has been normalised to the extent that some of us have become less risk-averse, that the minority comfortable with less stringent disciplines is growing.

However, that complacency is challenged by yesterday’s statement from Britain’s General Nick Carter, the chief of the defence staff, that the economic fallout has made the prospect of a third world war “a risk”.