Covid walk-in test programme extended as two new centres open
Celbridge opens facility with Tullamore to follow as 42,900 people have been tested since programme began
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Updated: about 3 hours ago
The Health Service Executive’s walk-in test centre programme for Covid-19 is being extended, with two new locations opening this week and the operation of existing centres being prolonged.
More than 42,900 people have been tested in the centres since they began last month, with 1,416 positive results – a positivity rate of 3.4 per cent.
A new centre opened in Celbridge, Co Kildare, on Monday and a second centres opens in Tullamore, Co Offaly, on Wednesday.