A Walk-in Vaccination Clinic (Booster Vaccine - Pfizer) will take place this week at Punchestown Vaccination Centre, Naas for those aged between 60-70 year.
KILDARE: Over 600 people tested on one day for Covid-19 at Punchestown
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More than 600 people were tested for Covid-19 at the Punchestown Test Centre on one day last week.
Figures provided by Dublin South, Kildare & West Wicklow Community Healthcare show the highest number of 625 were processed at the site on Monday, January 11.
The average number of tests carried over the seven day period up to last Monday was almost 400.
The numbers show a welcome reduction compared with the first week of January when the daily average of tests was around 530 and in excess of 700 testes were being carried out on some days.
Average of over 500 people a day getting Covid-19 tests at Punchestown centre
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An average of over 500 people are now being tested for Covid-19 every day at the Community Testing Centre in Punchestown, new figures have revealed.
In the six days up to Sunday evening, a total of 3,186 people were processed by swabbing staff at the hub outside Naas.
The highest number was 738 on Tuesday of last week while 235 attended on last Sunday and 283 on Saturday.
The figures were provided by the HSE Dublin South, Kildare & West Wicklow Community Healthcare.
The rate of testing is roughly in line with the previous week, when there were around 4,000 tests carried out over a seven day period.