Does The Covid Testing Capacity Need To Be Increased?

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Does The Covid Testing Capacity Need To Be Increased?

Serial testing in meat factories has been suspended as testing capacity became strained due to a rise in cases in the community. Paul Reid, chief executive of the HSE, defended the decision saying if it continued the system would be almost at its weekly capacity of 100,000 tests. To discuss further we heard from Tomás Ryan Associate Professor in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology at Trinity College Dublin Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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Does The Covid Testing Capacity Need To Be Increased?