Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 30 September 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Business of Special Committee

Dr. Ronan Glynn:

I will come in first, and will then defer to Dr. De Gascun. Yes, a proportion of cases will not be picked up until they are symptomatic. That is precisely why we have serial testing and offer a test to all close contacts on day zero and day seven in order that we pick up cases before they become symptomatic. For clarity, NPHET has absolutely no resistance to the introduction of any tests that have an evidence base behind them. I look forward to the day when we can utilise, on a mass basis, an antigen test. We have asked HIQA to update and look at the evidence around all rapid testing technologies and we expect that to come to NPHET next week. I will now hand over to Dr. De Gascun.

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