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Officials search for carrier of form of virus feared to respond less well to vaccines

Schools will only carry out checks once under deal for phased return to classrooms

Chills, headaches and loss of appetite should be added to Covid symptoms list, say scientists Imperial College study of more than one million people finds 60 per cent diagnosed with virus not experiencing classic signs 10 February 2021 • 3:15pm People in England are encouraged to take a Covid test if they have at least one of four classic symptoms of the virus Credit: Jacob King/PA Loss of appetite, chills, headaches and muscle aches should be added to the list of coronavirus symptoms to look...

Cash support for all virus cases could be introduced as incentive to get more people tested

Research contradicts weeks of scepticism about lateral flow tests, which could hasten easing of coronavirus restrictions

Decision comes after new Covid variant found to have higher rates of transmission and a higher secondary attack rate

The truth about lateral flow devices – how reliable and accurate are they? LFDs are designed to tell you whether you are infectious for the next 12 hours: no longer than that. They only work if used daily 19 January 2021 • 5:30am A student takes a swab for a lateral flow Covid-19 test at the University of Hull Credit: OLI SCARFF/AFP More than a billion pounds has been spent on rapid coronavirus testing, hailed by Boris Johnson as Britain’s “Moonshot” at stopping Covid-19 in its track...

France could insist on gold standard Covid tests for hauliers, causing gridlock, ministers fear On Friday, French ministers told Government that truck drivers would remain exempt from requirement to take PCR tests for now 15 January 2021 • 9:00pm A British Army soldier delivers a Covid test to a lorry driver at Manston airfield, in Kent, during a backlog of lorries in December Credit: Cpl Nicholas Egan RAF/Ministry of Defence/Crown Copyright/PA France could still ramp up border Covid tests fo...

The Scottish Covid detection rate of 32 per cent was less than half that found in Wales (70 per cent) and Northern Ireland (81 per cent).

Rapid turnaround tests miss as much Covid as they find - the false reassurance could have fatal consequences