Thousands of students and staff will be doing DIY rapid testing in a summer study aimed at developing a Covid surveillance system for college campuses ahead of the autumn reopening. A variety of self-administered rapid tests, using saliva or nasal swabs, will be trialled at Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, NUI Galway and University College Cork. Rapid testing for Covid, which can help spot infection where individuals are asymptomatic, is being explored as an additional public health measure to be introduced. Read MoreThe universities hope to each recruit up to 5,000 people for the study from among staff and students on site over the summer. Among those eagerly awaiting the Trinity summer study are students and staff at its Lir National Academy of Dramatic Art, where Covid has forced the start of its third term to be delayed from April to July.

Source: Irish Independent June 08, 2021 01:31 UTC