Covid-19 Testing Pilot in Liverpool
2020-11-17
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Q1
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The Liverpool pilot was initiated to assess the effectiveness of mass and rapid testing. The question seeks an evaluation of its impact.
What assessment has his Department made of the effectiveness of the whole city covid-19 testing pilot in Liverpool?
The Liverpool pilot will help to inform a blueprint of how mass testing can be achieved and how rapid testing can be delivered at scale. We are now making mass testing available right across the country.
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Specific assessment of effectiveness not provided, only general statement on potential for scaling up
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Q2
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The supplementary question builds on the initial assessment, requesting an extension of the Liverpool pilot to Derbyshire and Derby to compare urban and rural areas.
I thank my right hon. Friend for his reply. May I ask him to agree to extend the pilot for rapid testing to the whole of Derbyshire and Derby to give the pilot real work to compare our semi-rural area with the urban area of Liverpool?
We are now issuing test kits to 84 directors of public health across the country. I am very happy to work with Derbyshire and Derby to make sure that my hon. Friend's request is taken up and we can make this happen.
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