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Punchestown Marks 100,000 Covid 19 Swab Test Milestone.

Thursday, 22 July 2021 11:17

By Ciara Plunkett @plunkettciara

Stock image: Pixabay

The testing centre opened in August last year.

100,000 Covid 19 testing swabs have been taken at the centre at Punchestown.

The HSE says the milestone of swabs taken since the facility opened on August 24th, was passed yesterday morning at 10.30am.

100,000th person was identified at 11am.

The team in HSE Covid 19 Testing centre located at Punchestown Convention Centre marked their 100,000th swab since opening on 24th August 2020. We marked this occasion at the 10.30am briefing on Wednesday morning 21st of July and identified the 100,000th person at 11am. pic.twitter.com/iZJDhTb7bQ
— HSE Dublin South, Kildare & West Wicklow (@HSECHO7) July 22, 2021

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