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Coronavirus: Concern at delay to drive-through test booking
May 23, 2020
There are concerns people in Wales are still not able to book drive-through coronavirus tests due to not being able to access a UK website.
In England, Scotland and Northern Ireland members of the public are able to book tests online.
Despite it being announced last week that announced Wales would join the service, it is still unavailable.
The Welsh Government said an update would be provided as "soon as possible".
Critical workers are able to book tests by contacting testing centres directly.
But unions said the lack of testing was concerning for workers, especially those on zero-hour contracts or jobs where they were not entitled to statutory sick pay.
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A Welsh Government spokesman said work was being done on access to the site at the moment.
"As soon as this work is finalised, daily test slot allocations will be available for critical workers," he said.
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On Monday, the Welsh Government said critical workers and members of the public would be able to use the UK booking site for drive-through appointments "soon."
Home test kits are available to everyone across the UK, but availability depends on demand.
The decision to opt into the UK system meant ministers in Cardiff ditched plans to develop Wales' own online-booking system.
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