Everyone in Scotland will be able to access rapid coronavirus testing, even if they have no symptoms, from Monday to help find cases that might be missed. Medical experts said the expansion of testing will help efforts to ease the country out of lockdown safely as it will be important to spot and prevent new outbreaks as cases emerge. Free lateral flow home test kits will be available for people to pick up without an appointment from many local walk-in or drive-through test sites from 3.30pm each day, or by ordering online or by phone, for people to test themselves twice a week.
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Nicola Sturgeon insisted an elimination approach, trying to drive coronavirus cases as low as possible, was the only ‘sensible option’. (Russell Cheyne/PA)
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Scotland’s coronavirus elimination strategy is the “only sensible strategy” to adopt when dealing with the virus, Nicola Sturgeon has insisted.
The First Minister spoke out as the country’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr Gregor Smith, warned MSPs that it would likely not be possible to completely eradicate Covid-19.