Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the main principles of covid-19 infection control will be from March 2022.

The wider infection prevention and control strategy, including the main principles of COVID-19 infection control from March 2022, are under review and will be informed by emerging science and data.

As a part of living sustainably with COVID-19, by 1 April the Government will publish updated infection prevention and control (IPC) guidance. This will replace current COVID-19 IPC guidance for care homes, home care and other adult social care services.