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A group of scientists have responded to criticisms about rapid turnaround coronavirus tests, as they sought to dispel “factual errors” made by other experts. Some 14 professors and health leaders refuted claims made in an article published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) which stated that a mass rollout of lateral flow tests in care homes, schools, communities and by “untrained people at home” could cause “serious harm”. Diane Schofield takes a lateral flow test (Danny Lawson/P...

Scientists have hit back at criticism of rapid-turnaround coronavirus tests, arguing that they are a useful tool.They say that opponents of the “lateral flow” tests, which are similar to a pregnancy

Government officials have reportedly begun talks with hotel groups over plans It comes after ministers asked officials to look into a quarantine hotel scheme Similar hotel schemes are used in countries such as Australia and New Zealand In Australia, travellers have to pay up to £1,500 to cover cost of two week stay Hotel system could be used to help prevent spread of new Covid strains in UK 

Cutting the quarantine period for people who have been in contact with an infected person to one week and requiring them to test negative on the last day would be just as effective as the existing government advice of 14 days, a study claims.  Currently, a person who tests positive for coronavirus is told to self-isolate for two weeks, as are people they may have come into contact with.  But researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine created a computer model to see h...

Quarantines Return for English Pupils as Government Pauses Daily Test Scheme Pupils in England will once again have to quarantine when their classmates test positive for COVID-19, as the government hits pause on its plan to instead rely on rapid daily tests. A minority of children are still attending school, exempt from current lockdown laws that otherwise mandate home learning. To try to stem the spread of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, in sch...

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...

The accuracy of the devices has come under recent scrutiny by experts.

School leaders have demanded urgent clarity about the government’s flagship mass-testing strategy for schools after the UK’s medicines regulator said daily coronavirus testing should not be used as an alternative to self-isolation. Headteachers said they were alarmed after the Guardian revealed that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) had not authorised the use of 30-minute lateral flow tests to allow students to...

Analysis: some say lateral flow tests could help cut outbreaks, but others argue they offer false reassurance

UK government plans to widen the roll out of the Innova lateral flow test without supporting evidence risks serious harm, warn experts in The BMJ today.