Health Minister, Vaughan Gething, has announced routine testing of asymptomatic frontline health and social care staff will start this month in Wales.

Lateral flow tests (LFTs) will be made available to test frontline health and social care workers twice weekly. The new testing programme will be available for:

• clinical NHS staff (doctors, nurses and allied health professionals) and those working with high-risk groups such as haematology staff working with transplant patients
• non-clinical staff including porters, cleaning staff, catering staff and volunteers
• social care workers, including domiciliary care workers, social workers and inspectors visiting care homes and other social care settings.