Question reference: S5W-28832
- Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 4 May 2020
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Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jeane Freeman on 4 May 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will set out its strategy for the introduction of Test, Trace, Isolate in Scotland.
Answer
COVID-19: A Framework for Decision Making set out the approach and principles that will guide us as we make decisions about transitioning out of the current lockdown arrangements. One of the range of public health measures we will deploy in order to ensure low levels of community transmission is the “Test, Trace, Isolate, Support” approach.
The Scottish Government today published a paper titled Test, Trace, Isolate, Support - a Public Health approach to maintaining low levels . The paper sets out the Government’s approach and the extensive work that is now underway to prepare for its implementation. This paper can be accessed here: www.gov.scot/isbn/9781839607271
The framework and paper describes the steps we are taking, and the steps we are asking the public to take, to return as much normality to daily life.