United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 57388
Coronavirus: Screening
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15 October 2021
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25 October 2021 · Answer
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25 October 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Government plans to conduct genomic sequencing of cases of covid-19 to identify variants found in arrivals from overseas when the requirement of a PCR test on day 2 after arrival is removed
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15 October 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Government plans to conduct genomic sequencing of cases of covid-19 to identify variants found in arrivals from overseas when the requirement of a PCR test on day 2 after arrival is removed
Source: Commons
25 October 2021
Answer
Genomic sequencing will continue to be part of our border measures to identify new variants. From 24 October anyone fully vaccinated who tests positive on an lateral flow test must self-isolate and take a confirmatory polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test,...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-10-15/57388
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1360145
- uk · wq-1360145 · source updated 25 October 2021