Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 June 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: Testing and Tracing

Dr. Cillian De Gascun:

In the context of time, the short answer is "Yes". Most of these platforms would be usable for things like influenza, as the Deputy alluded to, or for sexual health or blood-borne viruses like HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. The PCR is quite an agnostic technology which one can use for a variety of infectious pathogens.

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