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LGA: Councils respond to COVID-19 community testing expansion

Cllr James Jamieson, Chairman of the Local Government Association, responded to the expansion of COVID-19 community testing announced by the Department of Health and Social Care 

“Local knowledge and expertise has proved vital in combating COVID-19 and councils want to work with the Government to develop testing strategies which contain and reduce the virus in every area of the country, and for every section of our diverse communities.

“We are pleased that all councils will receive supplies of rapid coronavirus testing kits. It is essential that local deployment of these additional tests are co-ordinated through directors of public health, in order to make best possible use of the flexibility and freedom this will afford them, based on their local knowledge of level and location of infection in their areas.”

Statement from Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock on testing and vaccinations

Original article link: http://www.local.gov.uk/lga-councils-respond-covid-19-community-testing-expansion

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