LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) - British outsourcer Capita
is working with the government to set up coronavirus
testing sites and looking at contributing resources to
healthcare call centres, it said on Friday.
As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps the country, Britain is
struggling to test people for the virus because of a shortage of
capacity, England's chief medical officer said on Wednesday.
Capita Chief Executive Jon Lewis said the company's
partnership with the government had intensified in recent days.
"We are currently exploring more than 100 situations to
support the UK government Covid-19 response with additional
services," it said in a statement.
"This includes contributing resource to healthcare call
centres as well as being part of an initiative to set up health
testing centres."
Many staff within the National Health Service (NHS) have not
been tested, a major concern for health workers and a cause of
mounting criticism of the government's response.
In some countries, such as South Korea, there are
"drive-thru" test centres to screen the population for the
virus.
(Reporting by Elizabeth Howcroft; editing by Kate Holton)