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Food businesses encouraged to register for Covid-19 workplace testing

Businesses with a minimum of 50 employees can establish asymptomatic testing sites (ATSs) in the workplace, enabling staff to access free lateral flow devices (LFDs) and receive rapid Covid-19 results, Defra has said.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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Food businesses encouraged to register for Covid-19 workplace testing

Businesses with a minimum of 50 employees can establish asymptomatic testing sites (ATSs) in the workplace, enabling staff to access free lateral flow devices (LFDs) and receive rapid Covid-19 results,...

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