Barely half of the positive results from antigen tests carried out on close contacts of Covid-19 cases have been confirmed by further PCR testing. An average of almost 4,000 antigen tests have been ...

Guidance has been issued to schools ahead of the roll-out of the antigen testing programme on Monday. Stock image Primary school principals have been assured that schools remain a “relatively low risk ...

Yes, the experts agree. If you performed the test correctly, a faint line on a COVID test is still a positive result. "Any ...

Almost one in four Covid-19 cases found through PCR testing in the first week of February were in children under-18, new figures show. They also accounted for just over 30% of positive antigen results ...

The first week of the primary school's antigen testing programme has seen 440 students so far report a positive antigen test. Officially launched last Monday, about 22,000 free antigen tests have so ...

People who test positive for Covid-19 with a lateral flow test no longer need to take a PCR test to confirm their coronavirus status. This change came after the rise of Omicron in December cases saw a ...

The Department of Health has been notified of a further 5,109 positive Covid-19 PCR tests while another 4,482 positive antigen tests were registered on the HSE portal. As of 8am on Friday morning, ...

Younger people with Covid-19 symptoms will be required to have a positive antigen test before seeking a PCR test in a bid to ease pressure on the testing system under new rules which come into effect ...

One of the clearest signals that the country is over the worst of this Covid-19 wave came yesterday as the positivity rate among people having PCR tests fell to 25.3pc, nearly half the level of late ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] Starting from the 14th, if a professional rapid antigen test conducted at local clinics or hospitals returns positive, the individual will be recognized as a ...

PCR Covid testing centres across Northern Ireland are to close from tomorrow. The move comes with a change in guidance around testing for the virus. From tomorrow evening those with symptoms of the ...

One member of the public received a positive Covid-19 antigen test at yesterday's pilot festival at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. However, that person then took a PCR test, which later came back ...