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Coronavirus: Disease Control

Commons · Question 24010 · Tabled 14 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 Jan 2025

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Asked by Chris Coghlan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of revising the Infection Prevention Controls guidance in the National Infection Prevention and Control Manual and Health Technical Memoranda g

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 20 Jan 2025

The emerging evidence on airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses is continually reviewed by the UK Health Security Agency, NHS England, and the Department. Assessment of research on aerosol behaviour, Aerosol Generating Procedure...