By Joseph Timan, Local Democracy Reporter
Coronavirus LATERAL flow testing trialled in Liverpool last month will be used to facilitate face-to-face visits at care homes in the borough as part of a pilot from January. The rapid coronavirus tests are already being used to test NHS staff and other frontline workers without Covid symptoms on a regular basis in the borough. But due to concerns about the accuracy of lateral flow technology, families visiting loved ones at care homes will still have to take a standard swab test. Wigan council’s director of adult social care and health Stuart Cowley told a scrutiny committee on Thursday how lateral flow tests will be used for visits.
How lateral flow testing will be used to help families visit loved ones in Wigan care homes
All but eight care homes in Wigan are now completely Covid-free
12:28, 19 DEC 2020
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