Concern Over Lack Of Testing

Stephen Richard — Sat, 04 Sep 2021 11:08:26 +0000

Primary Author or Creator

Common Weal

Stephen Richard Sat, 09/04/2021 - 12:08

Date Published

Tue, 05/26/2020 - 12:00

Category

Health

Fast Facts

Several of Common Weal’s Local Groups respond to the Scottish Government’s Covid-19 Framework for Decision Making by calling for an increase in the ambition of its proposed Test, Trace, Isolate and Support plans.

More details

― The groups are pleased with the Framework in general but are concerned about the lack of scale in its TTIS plan.

― The policy of mass testing must be increased to meet the scale demanded by the pandemic.

― The Scottish Government should adopt a programme more akin to Common Weal’s previous policy paper on testing, Ending Lockdown.

― The group is concerned that attempts by the UK Government to prematurely end restrictions will result in a spike cases and calls for the Scottish Government to resist political pressures to follow suit.

― Given the potential negative costs of not controlling the virus, this scheme should not be seen as a “big ask” but as a “sensible and logical ask”.

Resource Address (URL)

https://commonweal.scot/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Local-group-Covid-Response.p…

Keywords

Covid19

Virus testing

Social distancing

Language English