UK considering a £500 grant per positive Covid test 'to incentivise quarantine'
The plan has been prompted by polling that indicates only 17% of people with symptoms are coming forward for testing.
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The plan has been prompted by polling that indicates only 17% of people with symptoms are coming forward for testing.
Six other players identified as potential close contacts are currently self-isolating.
Munster are away to the Scarlets as Connacht host Glasgow in the Pro14.
The national team head coach is excited about the new ‘Eight Nations’ tournament this autumn.
Public health officials have identified a number of clusters in recent days.
The city found no infections among 1,174 close contacts of the people who tested positive.
Mary Favier of the ICGP pointed out that the later results are confirmed the less valuable they are in terms of stopping the disease.
The league is proposing to complete its season behind closed doors, with games starting again in June.
The oldest vehicle submitted for a NCT last year was a 1932 Rolls Royce which passed the test.
New research has found that four in 10 children in Ireland own a mobile phone by the age of nine.
World champions New Zealand travel to Asia before meetings with England, Ireland and Italy next month.
We spoke to World Rugby’s anti-doping general manager, Mike Earl, about last year’s results.
The Ireland out-half was replaced in the 49th minute of a poor Lions performance.
The launch is the latest in a series of provocative tests conducted by the hermit nation in recent months.
Authorities are unable to determine the causes of the deaths.
A recent test included 103 micro-drones being used in California.
Arrangements were made to impound any produce which showed unacceptable levels of contamination.
The results should make it possible to deliver help to young kids at risk at an early stage, according to the study.
Defence Minister Paul Kehoe said drug misuse in the Defence Forces has serious implications for the safety of the public.
Officers are testing drivers across the country.
As Dara O Briain once said, scientists have tested ‘natural remedies’ and if they worked they became medicine, the rest is just a nice bowl of soup and some pot-pourri, writes Fiachra Duffy.
Animals used in scientific procedures included rabbits, dogs, pigs and ferrets.
One TD says the situation is “infuriating”.
If it’s confirmed, it will be the first case of BSE found in Ireland since 2013.
A parcel of drugs was passed to the prisoner in hospital.
The young Claregalway girl is taking part in a drug trial in the US.
One carried out earlier this week was deemed to be successful.
A Spanish nurse tested positive for Ebola yesterday.
Ford had been admitted to hospital last week.
The company is looking for permission to test out drones in New Mexico for 180 days as it tries to bring internet access to the world.
The body of a man, who had recently travelled to part of Africa where Ebola has hit, was discovered yesterday morning.
Tension is already high between the two countries due to the crisis in Ukraine.
Los Pumas’ head coach Daniel Hourcade has named a squad of mainly domestic-based players to face Joe Schmidt’s side.
Joesph Dalton explains how his company’s DNA tests can help clubs and athletes at all levels to train smarter.
The treatment was found to work in 88 percent of patients, say the New York scientists undertaking the project.
European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week takes place from January 19 to 25.
The former DUP leader was admitted to hospital yesterday for necessary tests.
As news broke this week of toxic water leaking from the plant, surfers say they are worried – but not enough to stay out of the waves there.
The first signs of having the disease include body tremors, but this new test could give a diagnosis before symptoms present.