Claim: Testing creates some revealing anomalies: the virus seems to understand the soft border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, for example, crediting those to the north with a far higher rate of infection.
Fact-check: Several coronavirus claims made by MP in newspaper are inaccurate - Full Fact
Verdict: it is true that the uk is testing more than the republic of ireland. the republic of ireland had the world's highest infection rate at the time of the claim.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Pippa Allen-Kinross
Date published: 2021-01-22T00:00:00