Covid-19: Hospital Patient Referrals

Lord McFall of Alcluith Excerpts

Monday 28th June 2021 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Penn (Con)]

My Lords, while there was an acknowledgement of the potential risk of asymptomatic transmission, there was no scientific consensus on the matter. In fact, the WHO did not recognise asymptomatic testing for a number of weeks after that point. However, the first group prioritised for asymptomatic testing was those who were going to be discharged into care home settings.

[The Lord Speaker (Lord McFall of Alcluith)]

My Lords, the time allowed for this Question has elapsed. We now come the second Oral Question.