A potential gap in the country’s defence against the coronavirus might soon be plugged by allowing regular screening at rest homes. Ministers and officials are considering allowing in-house Covid-19 testing at rest homes. Chief executive Simon Wallace raised the prospect of in-house testing at rest homes on August 12. Test, test, testThe mantra from World Health Organisation (WHO) director general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been “test, test, test”, something repeated by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Otherwise the dwindling, “unsustainable workforce” at rest homes will continue, he says – “and we really need them at this time”.

Source: Stuff September 04, 2020 01:41 UTC