Health Professions: Coronavirus

(asked on 17th March 2020) - 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 test self-isolating healthcare workers for covid-19.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 6th April 2020

We are purchasing new types of tests including antigen tests to identify those who currently have the virus, and antibody tests to identify those who have had the virus and are now immune. We are working hard to bring additional tests to those that need them as soon as possible. This will ensure that health care and other critical workers can be tested very early on if they are ill – returning to work if possible.

We will prioritise testing to those who have the greatest clinical need. Health workers will be prioritised.

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