The Welsh Government have announced that routine testing of health and social care staff will be launched in Wales using twice weekly lateral flow tests that produce rapid results.
While the programme will begin to be rolled out from 14 December, staff in 'lower risk' settings (which may include homecare, this is not yet clear) may not have access to testing until January.
We will provide further information when this is available.
Regular rapid COVID testing of frontline health and social care staff in Wales introduced | GOV.WALES
Written Statement: Covid-19 testing of healthcare workers and hospice staff (4 December 2020) | GOV.WALES
Announcement posted on: 04 December 2020
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