Circle K now selling Covid-19 antigen tests across its network of service stations
Print8 June 2021
Circle K, Ireland’s leading forecourt and convenience retailer, is now selling Covid-19 antigen tests in all stores, excluding Circle K Express. Customers can purchase one test for €8, two tests for €14 and three tests for €20.
The antigen test product has been manufactured in Germany and is being supplied through award winning, Irish pharmaceutical company, MyBio, an exclusive supplier of many of the world’s leading bioscience reagents and rapid tests to the Irish market.
The test is easy to administer and provides results within 15 minutes. It is designed for the rapid qualitative determination of SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen.
EU certified, the antigen test has a 97.83% accuracy rate in detecting proteins of the virus and has shown to be effective in detection of symptomatic and asymptomatic carriers. It is not intended as the sole basis to diagnose or exclude a Covid-19 case.
Gordon Lawlor, managing director, Circle K Ireland said: “As society continues to reopen and with strong progress on the vaccine rollout front, we feel there is a demand for access to antigen testing products to help further manage the risk associated with this virus.”
“We see the use of antigen tests as a complementary additional safety measure alongside the existing public health advice and government guidance. It is really important that customers continue to abide by these measures and exercise good judgement when it comes to the usage of antigen tests.”
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