Meat Industry Ireland has said it does not know if it can get results of Covid tests within 24 hours, but warned that delays in test results could impact prices. Speaking at the Special Oireachatas Committee on Covid-19 in the meat plants, Meat Industry Ireland (MII) Director Cormac Healy said he did not know if it was possible for Covid tests to be returned within 24 hours. He said there are proposals to do serial testing in meat plants and that was public health guidance. However, he also said that if a delay in results impacts production there could be an impact on meat prices. MII also said that significant progress has been made since they last appeared before the committee, with only one active Covid-19 cluster at a primary processing plant compared to 22 active clusters in early July.

Source: Irish Independent August 13, 2020 13:18 UTC