Number of Irish patients needing virus test nearly triples over Bank Holiday

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Number of Irish patients needing coronavirus test nearly triples over Bank Holiday weekend

The number of Irish patients looking for a coronavirus test nearly tripled over the bank holiday weekend.This is a big increase from the same figure on Friday, July 31, which stood at 114. It is also by far the biggest number recorded in the last four weeks.The tracker asks GPs across the country to submit the number of clinically diagnosed cases they treated each day, as well as the number of patients that met the testing criteria.

Tomas Ryan, associate professor at Trinity College Dublin, says the current measures are "not working".

 

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