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Step-by-step guides on how to do lateral flow tests, explained in five South Asian languages.

BBC News Covid: How to do a rapid lateral flow test, explained in Gujarati Close Rapid lateral flow tests are being made widely available for people across the UK to do at home. The tests are designed to be done twice a week and give results in 30 minutes. As lockdown restrictions ease, the government hopes the tests will help to find people who have coronavirus but arent showing any symptoms. Anyone in England and Scotland without symptoms of coronavirus can get free tests to do at home. In Wa...

BBC News Published Research suggests that ethnic minorities in the UK are more reluctant to take the new coronavirus vaccine. The UK was the first country to approve the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The first batch of 800,000 doses began to be administered on Tuesday 8 December. The mass Covid-19 vaccination programme began with the elderly, health workers, and carers. Up to four million more doses are expected by the end of the month. There have been some concerns and reluctance abou...

BBC News Published Research suggests that ethnic minorities in the UK are more reluctant to take the new coronavirus vaccine. The UK was the first country to approve the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The first batch of 800,000 doses began to be administered on Tuesday 8 December. The mass Covid-19 vaccination programme began with the elderly, health workers, and carers. Up to four million more doses are expected by the end of the month. There have been some concerns and reluctance abou...