PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coronavirus: Screening (14 June 2022)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will investigate reports that only Randox covid-19 PCR were accepted for those re-entering the UK during November 2021.
Asked by:
Taiwo Owatemi (Labour)
Asked by:
Taiwo Owatemi (Labour)
Answer
We have no plans to do so. In November 2021, lateral flow device (LFD) tests were accepted for arrivals from all non-‘red list’ countries, with approximately 50 LFD test providers available via GOV.UK.
From 27 November 2021, we announced all arrivals from non-red list countries were required to take a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test up to day two after arrival and self-isolate until a negative test result is confirmed. As of this date, there were more than 400 PCR test providers available, including Randox, supplying tests accepted on arrival in the United Kingdom.
Answered by:
Maggie Throup (Conservative)
23 June 2022
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