ISLANDERS are being asked to register for home lateral-flow testing kits, after the workplace-testing scheme ended today.
Businesses will no longer be issued LFTs, and workers are instead being encouraged to sign up to have them sent to their home.
Regular workplace testing will still apply for staff in high-risk settings such as healthcare, care homes, the prison and Ambulance Service.
Businesses that are currently signed up to the workplace programme are being contacted directly about the changes.
The government is also reminding parents that pupils should continue to be tested each day before they go to nursery, school, or college.
Islanders are also being reminded to take a LFT before visiting high-risk settings such as the Hospital, GP practices, or care homes.
Anyone visiting the Hospital for any reason is reminded that face masks must be worn at all times.
Health Minister Richard Renouf said: ‘By asking staff who are currently using the workplace testing programme to register onto the home testing programme instead, we are ensuring that Islanders check their Covid status before leaving home to go to work.
‘This is part of the shift towards personal self-responsibility as we de-escalate Covid-19 measures and enter the post-emergency phase of the pandemic. Islanders can conveniently keep a box of LFTs at home to test themselves regularly when needed and ensure community infection is kept to a minimum.’
Islanders can register for the home testing programme or reorder a LFT kit by visiting covidsafe.gov.je.
