Article 527YB Healthcare workers 'should be screened for Covid-19 every week'

Healthcare workers 'should be screened for Covid-19 every week'

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Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
from Science | The Guardian on (#527YB)

UK cancer specialist says leaving potentially infectious staff in hospitals is unethical

Healthcare workers should be screened for Covid-19 every week to protect patients from asymptomatic infection, the head of the Francis Crick Institute's testing facility has said.

The call comes amid concerns that hospitals are becoming hotspots for disease transmission and evidence that a significant fraction of those infected show few or no symptoms.

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