RE: Worth a read24 Feb 2021 16:47
There will be a big testing pilot delivered from April 12th to assess the safety of large events. That will inform decisions on whether it is safe to proceed to the stated intention to allow big events from May-June 21st.
5. Vaccines are highly effective in reducing mortality and hospitalisation from the disease and they could be achieving 75% reductions in transmission. The roadmap recognises clearly that vaccines will not eliminate the disease.
6. There is an intention to continue to monitor for the forseeable future cv19 and 'variants of concern' and to activate test, trace and isolate plans in each case or take other actions if necessary .
7. There is a serious commitment to sharing vaccines, treatment and diagnostics through the G7 for developing countries.
8. Testing is likely to replace self isolation for international travel in the future if the ongoing review of this supports it. N.B. The UK market for international travel has plummeted this year from about 100 million to 2 million.
9. Additional funding for £400 million will be added to a budget outstanding for 2020-21 for next year to create a budget of £2billion for testing going forward.