SIREN (Sarscov2 Immunity & REinfection EvaluatioN)

Project Summary

SIREN is an NIHR urgent public health priority study which aims to determine if prior SARS-CoV-2 infection in health care workers confers future immunity to re-infection.

It will also allow us to estimate the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare workers and use this information to determine wider staff testing.

NHS staff are asked to provide regular swabs (fortnightly) for PCR testing and blood samples (monthly) for serology testing.

Key Project Information

Dates: September 2020 to September 2022

Status: Current

IGH lead: Dr Alejandro Arenas-Pinto

Lead organisation: Public Health England

Project lead: Dr Susan Hopkins

Partners: Public Health England, Public Health Agency, Public Health Scotland, Public Health Wales, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Location: UK

Funding: Department of Health and Social Care

Contact: Rebecca Matthews (rebecca.matthews5@nhs.net), Paulina Prymas (paulina.prymas@nhs.net) and Abigail Severn (a.severn@nhs.net)

Website: snapsurvey.phe.org.uk/siren/