The Scottish Government has been accused of letting down care homes "all over again" after figures showed that staff were still not being tested for Covid-19 on a regular basis.
Health secretary Jeane Freeman announced on May 18 that workers in the care sector would have access to testing regardless of whether or not there has been a confirmed case at their workplace.
Scottish Conservatives leader Jackson Carlaw today raised the example of one care home operator where just 56% of staff had been tested as of this week, while 7% of these came back positive despite showing no symptoms of the virus.
Speaking at First Minister's Questions, the Tory MSP claimed the government's strategy on care homes had been "dither, delay and distract" -
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