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''The antigen tests have their advantages & disadvantages''

''The antigen tests have their advantages & disadvantages''

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17.22 21 Oct 2021


''The antigen tests have their advantages & disadvantages''


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17.22 21 Oct 2021


There’s been a lot of talk over the last few days about the role of antigen testing, and today the committee who’ve been examining this very issue published their interim report.

They’ve looked at everything from accuracy and cost to the general understanding of how antigen tests might be useful as we see cases rising. 

Professor Paddy Mallon, Professor of Microbial Diseases at the University College Dublin School of Medicine, and a Consultant in Infectious Diseases at St Vincent’s University Hospital, joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder...

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