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TRAVEL DAILY UPDATE 12.04.21
Requirements for all passengers entering the UK from anywhere: - Negative test result- the test must have been taken at most 3 days before departure of the last flight to the United Kingdom. - Completed “Public Health Passenger locator form”- to include *the...
Mass testing and screening: The answer to cruise’s COVID-19 challenge?
To find the answer, the cruise sector could look at other industries. Mass testing and screening, as an end-to-end managed service, is proven in supporting the mission-critical nuclear and defence sectors, and creating safe bubbles within workforces. It is protecting not only people, but also corporate reputations.The existing test to operate model – an active combination of rapid testing and screening – can be adapted to create safe bubbles of passengers and crew to reinvigorate the cruise sector.
Circular1 Health Recruits CFO to Further Expand the Business
Circular1 Health – a COVID Testing and Digital Health business located in Carlisle, Barrow in Furness, Manchester and Surrey – has announced a major expansion of its senior executive team. The business – established just under a year ago in March 2020 – has appointed...
Choose to Challenge – International Women’s Day
The International Women's Day 2021 theme is 'Choose to Challenge' and sharing a story from one of our team who has been through a few challenges shed's some light on the amazing people we have in this business. "I studied medicine in the US with the ambition of being...
How effective Mass Testing is key to the Government’s roadmap to economic recovery
The Prime Minister’s announcement this week of a roadmap has been welcomed by many of us in the business community. There is now a clear direction of travel towards a sustainable economic recovery. Larry Fink captured the mood in his recent letter to CEOs when he said...
Sellafield Symptomatic Testing
Working in partnership with Sellafield Ltd (owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority), Circular 1 Health set-up a mobile SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) diagnostic testing laboratory to facilitate the symptomatic testing for the on-site workforce. Operating from late May...
COVID-19 Testing for Business
As we continue to support many businesses with "close-contact" working environments we share some of the services, approaches and insights we are delivering and learning from. COVID-19 Test Kits by Post. From our fixed laboratory logistics centres (Manchester and...
5 Steps to Working Safely – For Business
As we continue to work with large organisations with great business practice, processes and protocols we are only too aware of the smaller businesses who do not always have regular need to review their Health & Safety / Risk Assessment practices. This is for you....
PHE Test Compromised by Reagents
We learn this morning that Public Health England (PHE)’s and Government’s dash for COVID-19 Testing quantity has compromised the quality of those tests. The Telegraph said: "Coronavirus tests given to thousands of NHS staff so they could return to work have been found...
Circular1 Health COVID-19 Testing Capacity Increased
Circular 1 Health testing capacity to test for SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 to date has been based on a highly innovative approach working with our diagnostic test suppliers to provide superior testing capability as part of our rapid response service. We have now added an...