'Chaotic start' for testing scheme designed to cut travel quarantine

'Chaotic start' for testing scheme designed to cut travel quarantine
A new testing scheme designed to reduce the quarantine period for people arriving in England has suffered what has been described as a "chaotic start".
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People arriving from abroad can pay to take a test after five days under the scheme
Launched on Tuesday, the scheme offered travellers the chance to cut the 10-day self-isolation by paying to take a coronavirus test after five days, and receiving a negative result.
But it emerged that a number of the 11 testing firms on a government list published on Monday night were having trouble providing the "test to release" service.

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