According to the antigen tests which went on sale this week in Lidl, it is 98.72 per cent accurate for detecting if somebody has Covid-19. This is a bold claim and not one supported by the Chief ...

For a while, antigen tests were seen as less useful and less reliable than the more time-consuming - and expensive - PCR test, even being branded as "snake oil" by NPHET's Professor Philip Nolan ...

With the Government and National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) now accepting Covid-19 antigen tests they will become a regular part of Irish life. While Nphet has been slow to accept antigen ...

I read that the Government is introducing antigen tests to help prevent the further spread of Covid-19. How will this work? Fully vaccinated close contacts of a confirmed Covid-19 case who are not ...

It was a scene that made lovers of live music everywhere yearn all the more for pre-Covid days. But it was also perhaps a glimpse of days to come: Some 5,000 people dancing and clapping along at an ...

A new system of antigen testing for asymptomatic close contacts of Covid-19 has begun in primary schools. Under the system, antigen tests will be made available to primary school children when a child ...

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The wider use of antigen testing is set to become a key part of Ireland's ongoing fight against Covid-19. An expert group – the Covid-19 Rapid Testing Group, which had been commissioned by Health ...

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Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland.

The head of the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) has conceded that it would be a “good idea” to run a pilot programme of rapid antigen testing for people boarding international flights.