covid testing for all health and social care workers. Scottish Labour’s Monica Lennon called for the ‘immediate’ routine testing that received support from all parties in a vote at Holyrood on Wednesday evening.
An amendment from Health Secretary Jeane Freeman which said the rollout would be “guided by expert clinical advice” was also passed by MSPs.
Ms Lennon’s motion called on the Scottish Government “to introduce routine weekly Covid-19 testing for all health and social care workers immediately”.She told the Scottish Parliament: “Eight months into the pandemic it is unacceptable that widespread testing is still not under way.”Ms Freeman said the Government supported the Labour motion, saying her own amendment only addressed “how we.