Coronavirus: Screening

(asked on 24th February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that people eligible for antiviral treatments against covid-19 on the basis of significant vulnerability will be able to access (a) timely and (b) free covid-19 (i) lateral flow and (ii) PCR tests after 31 March 2022.


Answered by
Maggie Throup Portrait
Maggie Throup
This question was answered on 3rd March 2022

From 1 April 2022, free asymptomatic testing will be available for a number of at-risk groups. We are currently developing options to support those eligible for antiviral treatments against COVID-19 on the basis of significant vulnerability.

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