Five new “walk-in” Covid-19 testing centres will open in Dublin and Tullamore today in a bid to catch asymptomatic cases of the virus in “a broader sweep of the population. To talk us through the new set up is Dr Miriam Owens, HSE Director of Public Heath who is at the Grangegorman testing centre today.

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