Covid testing to continue in Athlone over Christmas and New Year's

Testing for Covid-19 at Athlone GAA Club will continue through the Christmas and New Year's period, with the centre staying open every day except for Christmas Day.

The pop-up Covid test centre at Páirc Chiarán on the Ballymahon Road opened in late November, and it has since carried out more than 7,500 PCR tests.

Figures provided by the HSE indicated that the number of people tested for Covid-19 in Athlone last week (December 13 to December 19) was 2,326, which represented a slight decrease on the figure for test appointments in each of the previous two weeks.

A HSE spokesperson confirmed to the Westmeath Independent that testing in Athlone would continue on a daily basis into the new year, with the exception of December 25.

The opening hours for the Athlone test centre over Christmas and New Year's are as follows:

December 24: 9am to 2pm

December 25: Closed

December 26: 1pm to 6pm

December 27: 9am to 6pm

December 28: 9am to 6pm

December 29: 9am to 6pm

December 30: 9am to 6pm

December 31: 9am to 4pm

January 1: 9am to 6pm

January 2: 9am to 6pm

January 3: 9am to 6pm