Health Secretary Matt Hancock said over the weekend that the government had widened its criteria for businesses to benefit from lateral flow testing to those with 50 employees.
The move “hugely increases the number of different businesses that are able to sign up, so that small and medium size companies can benefit from rapid testing as we work to build back better”, he said.
“Employers should regularly test their staff, and this drive across government to raise awareness and encourage more businesses to introduce rapid testing for employees is incredibly important. When you consider that around one in three people have the virus without symptoms and could potentially infect people without even knowing it, it becomes clear why focusing testing on those without symptoms is so essential,” Hancock added.
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