Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what covid-19 testing provision and other measures his Department is keeping in place to protect clinically vulnerable people as part of plans to end the self-isolation requirement and other remaining coronavirus regulations.

From 1 April 2022, there will be limited symptomatic testing available for a number of at-risk groups. We will set out further details on eligible groups in due course. The UK Health Security Agency will continue to communicate to those who are most vulnerable to COVID-19 about available clinical interventions, including vaccination and treatments and public health advice on how to reduce risk.

Those at highest risk of developing severe COVID-19 can now access antivirals if they test positive. Priority polymerase chain reaction tests have been sent to approximately 1.3 million people to support access to treatments.