MP says these will help bear down on asymptomatic cases
The Government has announced that Essex will benefit from increased testing of priority and high-risk groups. Over half a million rapid-turnaround lateral flow tests will be sent out this week, in particular to help detect more asymptomatic cases. Tests will be issued to over 50 local health directors across England, with each area receiving an initial batch of 10,000 rapid tests as part of a pilot to enable them to start testing priority groups. These new tests, similar to those used in Liverpool, can provide results within an hour without needing to be processed in a laboratory.
John said,
“In addition to other measures, mass testing can play an important role in tackling the coronavirus, and I welcome the rollout in our area of these new rapid-turnaround tests. This will help us identify people who have the coronavirus without symptoms but who can still unknowingly infect others, which is a major driver of the outbreak.”
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