Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Report of the Covid-19 Rapid Testing Group: Discussion with Science Foundation Ireland

Photo of Timmy DooleyTimmy Dooley (Fianna Fail)
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How confident is Professor Ferguson that the existing tests will be sensitive to the variants? How quickly can the sensitivity of the kits be changed? Obviously, a great deal has been learned over recent months, but how quickly can testing be adapted to identify the variants that now exist?