A new plan to tackle the rising Covid case numbers in Ireland will see the use of antigen testing kits.

Darragh O’Loughlin, Pharmacist in Tuam and also with the Irish Pharmacy Union told the Anton Savage Show that "the public has been ahead of NPHET and the Government" when it comes to the use of antigen testing. 

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