Coronavirus: Millions of key workers and their households can now book coronavirus tests online — here's how
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: Millions of key workers and their households can now book coronavirus tests online — here's how

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Millions of key workers and their households will be available to book their own coronavirus tests online from Friday. He said the government was also introducing home test kits that are then collected by a courier to prevent people having to travel long distances. Key workers can book coronavirus tests directly, while employers will also be able to book them on behalf of staff.

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Can I get an NHS coronavirus test if I don’t have symptoms?
3 years, 10 months ago

Can I get an NHS coronavirus test if I don’t have symptoms?

The Independent  

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Coronavirus: Companies sign up for rapid testing in workplace
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus: Companies sign up for rapid testing in workplace

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rapid coronavirus testing is being extended to dozens of businesses and …

Commercial centres carry out thousands of coronavirus tests a day
4 years, 1 month ago

Commercial centres carry out thousands of coronavirus tests a day

Dutch News  

More than one third of the coronavirus tests carried out in the Netherlands at present are being done by commercial testing centres, not those set up by the 25 regional health boards, according to research by current affairs television show EenVandaag. There are now some 200 private test centres operating in the Netherlands, and, together with in-company initiatives, they were …

Coronavirus: 15 staff at a large NHS trust test positive for Covid-19
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus: 15 staff at a large NHS trust test positive for Covid-19

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Fifteen employees at a large NHS trust have tested positive for …

Give all healthcare workers priority access to coronavirus testing: Associations
4 years, 5 months ago

Give all healthcare workers priority access to coronavirus testing: Associations

NL Times  

As more people get tested for a SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection week after week, and the percentage of those tested has also steadily risen, several health care worker associations have launched a lobbying campaign to make sure the country's care workers receive priority access to the test. Healthcare union Nu'91, professional association VenVN, and elder care branch association Actiz demand said …

Not all slaughterhouses screened for coronavirus outbreaks
4 years, 7 months ago

Not all slaughterhouses screened for coronavirus outbreaks

NL Times  

Despite a number of coronavirus outbreaks in slaughterhouses around the world, by far not all the employees of slaughterhouses in the Netherlands are being tested for the virus. For example, GGD Hart voor Brabant only tested a sample of workers at the Vion slaughterhouse in Boxtel, and did not visit the Vion in Tilburg and Vtielco in Den Bosch, Brabants …

Coronavirus UK: 46,000 key workers try to book a test as checks run out in minutes
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus UK: 46,000 key workers try to book a test as checks run out in minutes

Daily Mail  

How do you arrange a coronavirus test? Transport Secretary Grant Shapps revealed this evening that some 46,000 people had tried to book a coronavirus test this morning Applications for tests shut at 10am, with the website saying people could no longer register Health Secretary Matt Hancock arrives at Downing Street in Westminster this morning The website had already been telling …

Dutch ramp up testing to 17,500 a day, launch project to assess coronavirus spread
4 years, 9 months ago

Dutch ramp up testing to 17,500 a day, launch project to assess coronavirus spread

Dutch News  

The number of coronavirus tests carried out in the Netherlands will expand considerably from Monday as local health boards start testing hospital staff, and the public health institute RIVM and blood bank Sanquin begin a project to find out how far the virus has spread. From today, however, health boards are poised to start testing hospital staff at ‘drive in’ …

Dutch ramp up testing to 17,500 a day, launch project to assess coronavirus spread
4 years, 9 months ago

Dutch ramp up testing to 17,500 a day, launch project to assess coronavirus spread

Dutch News  

The number of coronavirus tests carried out in the Netherlands will expand considerably from Monday as local health boards start testing hospital staff, and the public health institute RIVM and blood bank Sanquin begin a project to find out how far the virus has spread. From today, however, health boards are poised to start testing hospital staff at ‘drive in’ …

Is an ‘immunity certificate’ the way to get out of coronavirus lockdown?
4 years, 9 months ago

Is an ‘immunity certificate’ the way to get out of coronavirus lockdown?

CNN  

CNN — Perhaps half the world’s population is living under some form of restriction to help curb the spread of coronavirus. “We are looking at an immunity certificate, how people who’ve had the disease, have got the antibodies and therefore have immunity, can show that and get back as much as possible to normal life,” he said. On the positive …

Who Can Get A Coronavirus Test?
4 years, 9 months ago

Who Can Get A Coronavirus Test?

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As cases of COVID-19 spread, many people are hearing of friends and family who have been exhibiting symptoms. “So we’re not testing, let’s say, a young, otherwise healthy individual who has an upper respiratory tract infection, as we really would not do anything to change the recommendation to that person,” Procop said. But the fact of the …

Chaos at hospitals due to shortage of coronavirus testing
4 years, 10 months ago

Chaos at hospitals due to shortage of coronavirus testing

LA Times  

A researcher works in a lab that is developing a test for the coronavirus last week in Nutley, N.J. As COVID-19 cases spike, the testing needed to help stem the spread of the disease remains below what is needed to address the growing crisis, with healthcare workers across the state reporting widespread failings in the response by local and federal …

Authorities looking at 'scaling up' coronavirus testing capabilities around the country
4 years, 10 months ago

Authorities looking at 'scaling up' coronavirus testing capabilities around the country

ABC  

Health authorities have been examining ways to scale up the capacity to provide testing for the coronavirus to ensure rapid tests are available across the country if needed. Key points: Coronavirus tests in Australia currently only take place in public health laboratories Chief Medical Officer Professor Brendan Murphy says there are now plans to "scale up" testing capabilities around the …

Pence: ‘Any American can be tested’ for coronavirus
4 years, 10 months ago

Pence: ‘Any American can be tested’ for coronavirus

CNN  

CNN — Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday evening said that “any American can be tested” for the novel coronavirus, as the Trump administration struggled to clear up confusion and mixed signals over testing amid concerns that tests were not being made available soon enough. Pence said in an off-camera briefing at the White House that there was new guidance …

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