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THE HSE IS opening eight more temporary walk-in test centres for Covid-19 over the next week.
The new centres include two locations in Donegal, which has the highest Covid-19 incidence rate of any county.
Two of the centres – one in Wexford and another in Cavan – opened today, with six more to open in Donegal, Louth, Laois, Longford and Dublin.
The centres are open to anyone 16 or over who does not have Covid-19 symptoms but wants to be tested, lives in the area of the centre, and has not tested positive in the last six months.
More than 62,300 people have received a test in the existing walk-in centres, with 2,048 Covid-19 cases detected through the centres as of today.
The new centres are located in:
National Lead for Testing and Tracing Niamh O’Beirne said that the HSE is “seeing increasing numbers of people avail of our free walk-in COVID 19 testing service”.
“We are continuing to work closely with the HSE’s Public Health teams across the country to determine the best locations for these walk-in centres,” O’Beirne said.
“Today, walk-in testing centres open in Wexford and in Cavan. Over the coming days walk-in testing will be available in centres in Tallaght, Ardee Co Louth, Portlaoise and Longford. Two further testing centres will open in Donegal – in Convoy and Carndonagh,” she said.
“We continue to urge people in those communities where walk-in testing is available to go and get a test and help contain the spread of Covid-19.”
Figures confirmed by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) today show that the national 14-day incidence rate of Covid-19 is 129.7 per 100,000 people.
Donegal has experienced a rise in cases in recent weeks, with a 14-day incidence rate today of 268.2 per 100,000.
Anyone who wants to be tested at one of the walk-in centres does not need to make an appointment, but must bring photo ID and provide a phone number so they can be contacted with the result.
Details of all open walk-in test centres are available on the HSE website.
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I wasn’t too impressed with their “Bomb Gaza ” game; as a parent I was horrified actually !
I know – the graphics on it were terrible.
Google made that game?
They made it available …Here’s a question that might help you understand ; Do heroin dealers grow poppies in Afghanistan ?
I got a nasty letter from the bank last week.
I was none too impressed with the basstarding postman
But you said “their” game.
It’s not their game. It’s someone else’s.
Sorry Cpm , when I buy my shopping I tend to hold the shopkeeper somewhat responsible for insuring the quality … but that’s just me …you are obviously a bit different …cool !
Is your postman paying taxes and going around shooting people for money Gaggsy ?
Not enough postmen both pay tax & shoot people…… Its pretty niche.
“Sorry Cpm , when I buy my shopping I tend to hold the shopkeeper somewhat responsible for insuring the quality … but that’s just me …you are obviously a bit different …cool !”
I see…
So you do you hold Google responsible for anything you purchase which you’ve found using their search engine? Do you hold them responsible for anything you purchase after you’ve clicked one of their Adword ads?
Do you not think you’d be better off holding yourself responsible, as a parent, for what your kids see and install on their phones, instead of expecting on someone else to do the job for you? Google aren’t responsible for babysitting kids, and over-sensitive parents.
“Is your postman paying taxes and going around shooting people for money Gaggsy ?”
Jaysus, I hadn’t suspected so but I do now! His eyes are quite close together now that you mention it.
Are google also paying taxes and shooting people for money? The dirty hoors (for the shooting people, not for the tax paying). If they are they should reconsider their “Do no evil” slogan. And I’ll rewatch the Internship in a new light after this.
The things you learn on the internet.
Thanks!
So smartasses – if was such a good idea then why did they remove it …which begs the question why did they put it there in the first place – Google apps store I believe – if I am wrong I would contact Google and apologise – but I tried to contact Google some time ago – and guess what – very hard to contact them for some reason !
You probably need to get yourself an iPhone, Dermot.
I still don’t get the ‘paying taxes and going around shooting people for money” reference/analogy.
One of these is a good thing and one is a really really terrible thing. Throw my postman into the mix and now I am nothing but perplexed.
The tax-compliant double-jobbing postman/hitman is a rather unusual concept, it has to be said.
But the real OUTRAGE lies in them upsetting Dermot (as a parent).
sorry gagsy – I was referencing the heroin dealers in the analogy …..
Is thirteen the upper or lower age limit for children?
Will parents be enabled to control what their children will be doing on the Internet?
Probably not.
Maybe it is progress!
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