Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 196544

Coronavirus: Disease Control

Tabled: 1 September 2023
Answered: 8 September 2023

Question

Matt Western

LabourWarwick and Leamington

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the extent of water testing for Covid in the last 12 months.

Answer

Wastewater monitoring for COVID-19 and its variants was stood down in April 2022 in response to the Government policy change to Living with COVID-19. Therefore, in England, there has been no wastewater testing for COVID-19 within the last 12 months. Wales...

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