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Plans to end mass testing

A paper drawn up for the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) has proposed that vaccinat...

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08.02 13 Sep 2021


Plans to end mass testing


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08.02 13 Sep 2021


A paper drawn up for the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) has proposed that vaccinated adults and children under 13 with mild symptoms of Covid-19 would no longer be advised to get a test for the disease under a plan to dismantle the State’s mass testing regime To discuss, we heard from Professor Sam McConkey Infectious Disease Specialist at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland.

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