Unite welcomes government decision that construction workers are eligible for COVID-19 testing

Wednesday, 29 April 2020 09:58

Unite, the UK’s construction union, has welcomed the announcement that construction workers are now eligible for targeted COVID-19 testing.   The announcement was made by the health secretary Matt Hancock at the government’s daily press briefing. He confirmed that workers who had to leave home to go to work such as construction workers were now eligible for COVID-19 testing. The eligibility for testing also applies to the workers’ immediate family.   Unite had...Request free trial