Coronavirus: Screening
(asked on 4th November 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce rapid COVID-19 testing for all workplaces.
This question was answered on 3rd December 2020
The Department is running a series of workplace testing pilots across the United Kingdom. Early detection of positive cases is the most effective way to prevent operational shutdown in key industries, performing vital public services. These pilots will enable information gathering which will help towards the objective of gradually increasing the number of sectors participating in routine workplace testing.