Friday, February 5, 2021

Latest coronavirus update from Welsh Government

 

Latest coronavirus update from the Welsh Government (dated yesterday) is:

  • Further COVID-19 testing for care home staff is beginning this week to help identify infectious individuals sooner and manage outbreaks more effectively, Health Minister Vaughan Gething has announced.
    • The enhanced testing programme will involve the twice weekly testing of asymptomatic care home staff using rapid lateral flow test devices.
    • This is in addition to the PCR tests, which are sent to a laboratory, currently undertaken by care home staff as part of a package of measures for preventing transmission of COVID-19 in care homes and protecting residents and staff which has been operating since June 2020.
    • https://gov.wales/enhanced-covid-19-testing-introduced-care-homes 

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