Ms Lynne Embleton:

First, I would look at the vaccination rates within the UK and take a risk-based approach to restoring connectivity and travel. The antigen testing is designed to detect infection. It is not a diagnostic of the type of variant of Covid-19 a person may have. If an antigen test says that a person has Covid-19 and is infected then following up with PCR testing to establish the variant is very appropriate. I do not believe the Delta variant in itself changes any of the things we have said to this committee on the subject so far.