Armed Forces: Coronavirus

(asked on 28th April 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel have been tested for covid-19.


Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
This question was answered on 4th May 2020

Defence personnel are included within the national testing programme established by Department for Health and Social Care and the National Health Service.

The central collation of data on COVID-19 testing of military personnel started from 18 April. Between 18 April and 29 April, a minimum of 1,222 military personnel were tested for COVID-19.

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