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How Can Ireland’s Covid-19 Testing Backlog Be Tackled?

Over 90,000 people have now been tested for the Covid-19 since the outbreak began in Ireland. How...

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08.45 15 Apr 2020


How Can Ireland’s Covid-19 Testing Backlog Be Tackled?


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08.45 15 Apr 2020


Over 90,000 people have now been tested for the Covid-19 since the outbreak began in Ireland. How can we ramp up testing?  To discuss this we were joined on the show by Cillian De Gascun Chair of the Coronavirus Expert Advisory Group at the Department of Health's National Public Health Emergency Team. 

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