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Asked by Paula

AQW 18698/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health

To ask the Minister of Health to outline plans to enable everyone in Northern Ireland to access two free covid tests every week.

Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 11 May 2021

  • Answered
  • Written
  • After due date
Tabled
11 May 2021
Answer due by
26 May 2021
Answered
25 March 2022318 days after tabling
Department
Department of Health
Priority question
No

Answer

On Thursday 24 March 2022 I published my Department’s Test and Trace Transition Plan. This is based on the latest public health advice and signals a move to a more targeted service, focused on protecting the most vulnerable people and those at highest risk of serious illness should they contract COVID-19.

The plan can be accessed online at https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/health/Test-Trace-Transition-Plan.pdf

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