The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) has advised that antigen testing could be used with fully vaccinated close contacts, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said.
At the moment, if a person is a fully vaccinated close contact there is no advice to get a test. "Given the current prevalence of the disease, we're changing that advice," he said. "So what will happen now is, if you are deemed to be a close contact and you're fully vaccinated we'll send you out a rapid test. "We're also going to be making really good material available online for people as well, so there's been a lot of very positive moves I think on antigen testing." More to follow...