Lord Scriven
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Lord Scriven (LD)
My Lords, when it comes to lateral flow tests, test and trace has become more like “trace a test”. The Statement says clearly:
“From next Tuesday in England, if someone tests positive on a lateral flow device, they should just record that result on GOV.UK and begin self-isolating.”
As supply is not keeping up with demand, rather than giving generic numbers, can the Minister say on what date in January the supply of lateral flow tests will meet demand so that people who are worried can take a test and carry out the Statement’s instruction?
Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (Con)
As I have already said in answer to previous questions, almost 8 million tests are being made available to pharmacies in this week alone, and we are increasing our supply of lateral flow tests from 100 million to 300 million over January and February.