As a key worker. I’m not sure if it’s been made clear. To have the test regardless .( which I suspect lots are doing. ) or only if you are showing signs of symptoms. I would hate to think folk are using up valuable tests just for the sake of it. Anyone else the wiser. I personally am not applying till/if I show symptoms.
From gov.uk Our priority is testing patients to inform their clinical diagnosis. In addition, we are now also testing: essential workers with symptoms people who live with essential workers and have symptoms This means essential workers can find out whether they have the virus, and we can help them return to work if they test negative. Testing is most effective within 3 days of symptoms developing.
Thanks for that . But wouldn’t surprise me. As in the case of panic buying. Some are abusing the privilege. Also. The test only indicates whether you have it. Not had it.
Hancock has three days to reach his 100,000 target so help him out by having a test as there should be plenty to go around.
To be fair if the capacity is there then testing asymptomatic people at random is actually smart and a good idea.
Yes the test is there solely to tell you whether to isolate yourself or not in order to save other people rather than being to tell you whether or not you're safe from it. Also not related to your reply but the full list of essential workers is here: all NHS and social care staff, including: doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, social workers, care workers, and other frontline health and social care staff including volunteers the support and specialist staff required to maintain the UK’s health and social care sector those working as part of the health and social care supply chain, including producers and distributors of medicines, and medical and personal protective equipment NHS Blood and Transplant frontline staff (blood donation staff, specialist nurses for organ donation, staff running therapeutic apheresis services in NHS hospitals) those providing ancillary support to NHS workers (such as hotel accommodation for NHS staff) essential public services staff, including: prisons, probation, courts and tribunals staff, judiciary religious staff charities and workers delivering critical frontline services those responsible for the management of the deceased journalists and broadcasters covering coronavirus or providing public service broadcasting public health and environmental staff, such as specialist community public health nursing public safety and national security staff, including: police and support staff Ministry of Defence civilians, contractors and armed forces personnel (those critical to the delivery of critical defence and national security outputs and critical to the response to the coronavirus pandemic), including defence medical staff fire and rescue service employees (including support staff), National Crime Agency staff, those maintaining border security, prison and probation staff and other national security roles, including those overseas British Transport Police and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency transport workers, including: those who keep the air, water, road and rail passenger and freight transport modes operating during the coronavirus response those working on transport systems through which supply chains pass education and childcare workers, including: support and teaching staff social workers specialist education professionals critical personnel in the production and distribution of food, drink and essential goods, including: those involved in food production, processing, distribution, sale and delivery those critical to the provision of other essential goods, such as medical supply chain and distribution workers, including community pharmacy and testing (such as PHE labs), and veterinary medicine workers critical to the continuity of essential movement of goods local and national government staff critical to the effective delivery of the coronavirus response, or delivering essential public services, such as the payment of benefits public and environmental health staff, including in government agencies and arm’s length bodies funeral industry workers frontline local authority staff and volunteers, including those working with vulnerable children and adults, victims of domestic abuse, and the homeless and rough sleepers (and hotel staff supporting these groups) voluntary sector organisations providing substance misuse treatment utilities, communication and financial services staff, including: staff needed for essential financial services provision (including but not limited to workers in banks, building societies and financial market infrastructure) the oil, gas, electricity and water sectors (including sewerage) information technology and data infrastructure sector and primary industry supplies to continue during the coronavirus response essential staff working in the civil nuclear, chemicals, telecommunications (including but not limited to network operations, field engineering, call centre staff, IT and data infrastructure, 999 and 111 essential services), postal services and delivery, payments providers and waste disposal sectors
