Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 June 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: Testing and Tracing

Photo of Michael McNamaraMichael McNamara (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Professor Mallon mentioned the shortcoming of the PCR-type testing and stated that there is another type of testing which is not available because of logistics. Does that suffer from the same disadvantages, namely, if one is tested in the first day or two after contact, one may subsequently develop symptoms but one will not test positive?

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