Coronavirus: NHS staff need tests 'twice a week'
A leading surgeon has said NHS staff must be routinely tested for coronavirus up to twice a week.
Prof Derek Alderson, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, said it was vital, to reassure patients staff were not unwittingly carrying the virus.The Department for Health and Social Care said it was focusing on routine testing in care homes. Prof Alderson was speaking at a Health Select Committee meeting about the necessary steps to get all NHS services back up and running.
He said:"It's absolutely essential to regain public confidence that we are able to test our staff regularly." It would be"pragmatic" for testing to take place"about twice weekly", he added, because it was known that the available tests were not perfect.As many as 30% of infections could be missed by a single swab test, research from the University of Bristol suggests - giving an infected person a negative result."It will always be essential to have multiple tests," Prof Nicola Stonehouse, a virologist at the University of Leeds, told the BBC.
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