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Scores of people lined up outside pubs around the country as they reopened for business in line with second step of lockdown easing

Lateral flow tests: How they work and why they may help ease lockdown Everyone in England is to be offered free, twice-weekly Covid-19 tests regardless of whether they have symptoms. How does this testing work? 5 April 2021 • 9:50am Lateral flow testing at St Andrews University Credit:  Getty Images What are lateral flow tests? It is an antigen test that provides results in 30 minutes and is highly regarded for quickly identifying symptomatic and asymptomatic sufferers. It is not as sensitiv...

Lateral flow tests still highly accurate, insists minister addressing false positive concerns Test and Trace analysis shows less than one false positive out of 1,000 lateral flow tests according to Health minister Edward Argar Health minister Edward Argar has defended the accuracy of lateral flow tests as the Government announced that everyone in England is to be offered free, twice-weekly coronavirus tests regardless of whether they have symptoms. Speaking to Sky News, Mr Argar said: "Youre...

Mass Covid testing in schools costing £120,000 for every positive case found Experts call for programme to be halted and warn plans to test students at universities is haphazard, with outrageous price tag 31 March 2021 • 11:30pm Mass testing is likely to lead to a lot of harms now that prevalence has fallen very low, said a professor of public health   Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Mass testing in schools is costing up to £120,000 to find just one positive case, experts claimed as they calle...

The World Health Organisation’s advice at the start of the coronavirus pandemic was clear: “Test, test, test.” Its director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, hammered home the point by saying that contact tracing and isolation should be the “backbone” of each country’s response. On March 12 2020, six days before that warning was issued, Britain had formally abandoned contact tracing. Jenny Harries, the deputy chief medical officer for England, later argued the WHO’s advice was ...

Home again: Joy Persaud and her daughter Credit: Christopher Pledger The sound of schoolchildren skipping to the school gates, eager to catch up with friends and teachers in person, has resounded across English streets this week.  Back to school, however, does not mean back to normal. My child, for instance, sits alone waiting for a virtual lesson to start, as she had the misfortune to spend a day in school last week at the same time as two youngsters who sadly tested positive for Covid. Now, ...

Health Secretary says individual tracked down in Croydon after health officials combed records of thousands of home test kits

Lateral flow tests are inaccurate and too many parents haven't given consent - it's not worth putting our children through the stress

Six people infected with P.1 strain first detected in Manaus in UK, but identity of one of the individuals remains unknown

The UK authorities are back on the hunt for individual cases thanks to the Brazil variant. But are we better prepared now than a year ago?