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Revealed: Plans To Roll-Out Rapid Testing For Asymptomatic Isle Of Wight Workers
By Oliver Dyer
The Island s coronavirus testing site formerly based at Medina Leisure Centre.
The Isle of Wight s most at-risk workers could start receiving regular and rapid coronavirus testing from next month (March).
The Isle of Wight Council has revealed plans to roll-out an initial six-week Community Testing Programme (CTP).
It would see Islanders - who are continuing to leave their home to go into high-risk work settings during the pandemic - offered a COVID-19 test.
Concerted effort needed in virus fight
January 27, 2021
Chief Executive Carrie Lam
On January 25 last year, the first day of the Chinese New Year, after returning to Hong Kong from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, I immediately started to lead the work against the COVID-19 epidemic. In what seems like the blink of an eye, a year has passed. The COVID-19 epidemic continues its global rampage, with confirmed cases approaching 100 million and the death toll exceeding two million. Economies around the world have been hard-hit. Everyone hopes that the vaccines can be widely applied as soon as possible so that we can start to emerge from this predicament. Compared with the Mainland, Macau and Taiwan, epidemic control in Hong Kong has fallen short of expectations. However, from an international perspective, we have managed to keep the epidemic in check. As of midnight on January 26, the number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong was 10,223, which is less than some 130 other