Circle K to begin selling Covid-19 antigen tests across its network of service stations from June 4th

04/06/2021

Antigen tests developed by Irish scientists provide results within 15 minutes

• Antigen tests will be introduced to Circle K stores, excluding Circle K Express, and will start to arrive in store from Friday 4th with full availability nationwide from Saturday, 5th June
• Tests priced at €8 for an individual test, €14 for two tests, and €20 for three tests
• EU certified, the antigen test has a 97.83% accuracy rate in detecting proteins of the virus

Circle K, Ireland’s leading forecourt and convenience retailer has announced it will start selling Covid-19 antigen tests in all stores, excluding Circle K Express, from this coming weekend. Antigen tests are being introduced to Circle K stores from Friday 4th June and will be available in all Circle K stores, excluding Circle K Express, from Saturday 5th June. Tests are priced at €8 for an individual test. Circle K customers will be able to purchase 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 commented, “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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Available Sites

All remainder stores available from Saturday 5th of June  * Excludes Circle K Express