Professor Mark Ferguson:

In terms of a pilot scheme, one would want to have engagement with the relevant actors. In aviation one would want the airline company, the airport staff and the HSE involved. If anybody wishes to ask me or any other member of the expert group - remember I only chaired that group - about the knowledge, we would be very willing to help. Incidentally, we did recommend setting up an expert group for the knowledge.

As regards the NHS, I had very extensive interaction with colleagues there, as did the expert group, in the context of taking evidence and learning from their experience of the widespread rolling out of rapid antigen testing. We have certainly done that in terms of gathering the evidence and support for the report.