Ministers have abandoned a key pledge to test all care home residents for coronavirus regularly throughout the summer, it has been reported. Today a Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said they would not comment on the leaked memo. 'We continue to issue at least 50,000 tests a day to care homes across the country and prioritise tests for higher-risk outbreak areas. Meanwhile, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) was forced to deny that it had abandoned its pledge to regularly test care home residents through the summer following a leaked memo from Professor Jane Cummings, the Government's adult social care testing director. 'We continue to issue at least 50,000 tests a day to care homes across the country and prioritise tests for higher-risk outbreak areas.

Source: Daily Mail August 02, 2020 09:43 UTC