AQW 18747/17-22

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 12/05/2021
Answered On Date: 25/03/2022
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to outline the current extent of rapid testing for COVID-19 in Northern Ireland.

Answer:

Over the past year, almost 60m LFTs have been delivered to Northern Ireland. This has made rapid testing available to all, delivered through a range of workplace, education and community settings.

At present, we are delivering in excess of 1m LFDs to different use cases across Northern Ireland.

My Department’s Test and Trace Transition Plan, published on 24 March 2022 sets out how we will continue to utilise LFDs to support rapid testing for COVID-19 to protect the most vulnerable and those at highest risk of serious illness should they contract COVID-19.