Less than a third of people with positive antigen tests went on to get a PCR test – Philip Nolan
4,181 new cases of Covid were confirmed today. NPHET member Professor Philip Nolan shared that of those who tested positive on an antigen test, less than a third went on to confirm via a PCR test. The Chair of NPHET’s Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group spoke about the current Covid situation on RTÉ Radio 1’s This […]
4 years ago
Public told to “wind back” social contacts as 3,174 new Covid cases confirmed
“The virus is spreading at a very high force of infection.” Professor Philip Nolan has said that Irish people need to scale back on socialising as the rise in new Covid-19 cases continues. On Tuesday, 3,726 new cases of the virus were confirmed by the Department of Health; the largest such figure in a single […]
4 years ago
Covid-19 pandemic now growing again in Ireland – NPHET
Professor Philip Nolan cited “a whole set of changes in society” for the rise in cases. Professor Philip Nolan has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic is once again growing in Ireland as 2,148 new cases of the virus were confirmed on Wednesday. 464 patients are in hospital with Covid, with 86 of those in intensive […]
4 years ago
Professor Philip Nolan hits out at Lidl antigen tests saying they “will not keep you safe”
Earlier in the week, CMO Tony Holohan said the tests pose a “real risk to our pandemic response”. Professor Philip Nolan has hit out at Lidl’s new range of antigen tests on Twitter, saying they “will not keep you safe”. The president of Maynooth University and Chair of the Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group took […]
5 years ago
It will be six weeks before cases drop to 100 per day, says NPHET Chair
“We’re still a good six weeks away.” It will be at least six weeks before cases of Covid-19 drop to around 100 a day, according to the Chair of NPHET’s Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group Philip Nolan. Speaking on Morning Ireland on Friday, Nolan said that Ireland has more disease and “more severe disease” than at […]
5 years ago
Public health expert explains science behind safe return of schools
Professor Philip Nolan, Chair of the Chair of NPHET Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, has said that adults “starving” Covid-19 of opportunities to transmit is what allows schools to be safe. While case numbers have continued to rise in the Republic of Ireland, and regional restrictions placed on three counties in recent weeks as a […]
6 years ago