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Harris hopes to have Covid-19 testing backlog cleared by next week

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The Minister for Health has said he hoped that the backlog in testing would be cleared by the end of next week. Simon Harris said between 25,000 and 30,000 tests had been sent to Germany and "well over" half of the results had been returned, with the remainder due back by next week.

Speaking to reporters this morning, he said it was the Government's hope that by the end of next week that any backlog in relation to testing would be addressed.

Mr Harris said they hoped to move to the place where people could get their test results within 48 hours. Last night, the Department of Health revised upwards the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases here after the inclusion of results tested in Germany.

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