Coronavirus: Hospitals urged to use lab space to test NHS staff
Testing so far has been focused on patients, though NHS England has told hospitals to use up to 15% of their testing capability on staff, if this is possible.
Ministers have announced plans to work with the private sector and universities to scale up testing, but Mr Gove acknowledged the government had more to do. A fifth of nurses have been affected, the Royal College of Nursing said, while the British Medical Association said staff began being tested over the weekend, but only in low numbers.
"It is internationally proven as the most effective way of breaking the chain of transmission," Mr Hunt said.
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