The HSE has opened a number of walk-in testing centres around the country today for people without Covid-19 symptoms. In Navan, which has the fourth-highest 14-day incidence rate per 100,000, a queue had formed before the centre opened at 11am.
The centre has been opened at Navan O'Mahony's GAA club. It will be open from today until Monday 5 April, from 11am to 7pm daily.
Between 300 and 500 tests a day are expected to be carried out and people do not have to contact their GP first. Dr Declan Bedford, Specialist in Public Health Medicine for Public Health North East, said Navan has one of the highest incidence rates in the country at the present time. "We'd like to get a better understanding of what is actually happening in the