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New Scots care home residents to be tested for coronavirus after government U-turn

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The Scottish Government did a U-turn on coronavirus testing in care homes yesterday – announcing that all new residents would be checked.

Just 24 hours earlier, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had said that testing people who were asymptomatic would risk creating a “false positive”.

But in the Scottish Parliament, Health Secretary Jeane Freeman said: “ Covid-19 patients discharged from hospital to a care home should have given two negative tests before discharge but we now expect other new admissions to care homes to be tested and isolated for 14 days in addition to the clear social distancing measures set out.” She emphasised testing was not an alternative to the other measures but said: “It can and does provide a necessary assurance to

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