PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coronavirus: Screening (20 April 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of people being tested for covid-19.
Asked by:
Christian Wakeford (Labour)
Asked by:
Christian Wakeford (Labour)
Answer
The Government has met the commitment to carry out 100,000 tests for COVID-19 every day by the end of April set out in the Government’s Testing Strategy and carried out over 122,000 tests on 30 April.
On 27 May it was announced that COVID-19 testing was being extended in the United Kingdom to anyone with symptoms.
Demand for testing may fluctuate daily but we expect overall to see it continue to increase.
Answered by:
Ms Nadine Dorries (Conservative)
1 June 2020
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