Coronavirus: Screening
(asked on 18th March 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria patients have to meet in order to be tested for COVID-19.
This question was answered on 31st March 2020
Our priority is to make sure that we carry out tests on those who need them most. Currently this is possible COVID-19 cases in hospitals and care homes.
As capacity for testing expands, we will increase the range of people who can be tested. In future key workers, such as health workers, and clinically high priority cases will be prioritized for testing.