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Divide grows between public health figures and Ministers on use of such tests

Share this article The comments caused concern among people who belive the tests should be used by more health professionals The Health Minister has criticised NPHET's modeling expert Prof. Philip Nolan for comparing antigen tests to snake oil. Stephen Donnelly says the comment was unhelpful and antigen testing is a part of government policy when it comes to re-opening. Late last week budget supermarket Lidl began selling antigen test, heavily promoting the take-at-home tests. In a tweet Professor Philip Nolan, NPHET's main modeling and forecasting expert, compared them to snake oil - saying ...

Covid-19 Ireland cases today as 379 new cases confirmed with 9 further deaths The latest statement from NPHET is in Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Get the latest news from across Ireland straight to your inbox every single dayInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice There have been another 379 new cases of Covid...

Following the announcement, Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said during a Department of Health briefing: “We are concerned that someone could go into the supermarket and buy a pound of sausages and charcoal for a BBQ, and an antigen test. That represents a real risk to our pandemic response. "These tests, if not used properly, have little role to play. If it falsely reassures people, that's a real risk.” In response, Lidl posted a tweet that read: "Weekend Super Savers! Pick up a pound of sausages, charcoal for the BBQ and antigen tests for €31," alongside a photograph of the thre...

Updated: 11 May 2021, 20:03 A FURTHER nine Covid-19 deaths have been confirmed in Ireland. The Department of Health has also announced 379 new cases this afternoon. 3 Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health gave an update on the 'exit pandemic' planCredit: PA:Press Association 3 A man walks his dog past a sign encouraging social distancing in Dublin's Phoenix ParkCredit: PA:Press Association 3 Of the cases notified today, 77 per cent are under 45 years of age and the median age is 29-years-oldCredit: PA:Press Association To date, there has been a total of 4,929 Covi...