Understand the approach employers can take to workplace testing.
The information in this article is no longer up-to-date. For the latest information on testing please see the article on 1 April changes to Covid guidance.
Testing, tracing, and isolating remains a core part of the UK’s toolkit in the fight against COVID-19.
This factsheet contains information for employers who might want to provide asymptomatic testing for employees or others on-site (such as suppliers and agency staff). With up to a third of COVID-19 sufferers estimated to show no symptoms, widespread asymptomatic testing is one tool in response to the pandemic to enable safe business operations. Government-funded asymptomatic workplace testing is no longer available, but firms can invest in private testing or encourage employees to get tests through community routes.
UPDATE:
As of January, anyone with symptoms who tests positive on a Lateral flow device (LFD) antigen test is no longer required to take a confirmatory PCR test. They should immediately self-isolate and register the result on GOV.UK.
Individuals are now advised to test when they are more like to catch or spread COVID-19, su
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