Parents of school-aged children in Lincolnshire and Rutland asked to collect lateral flow tests for Covid-19 Published: 12:00, 05 March 2021 Parents are being asked to carry out twice-weekly Covid-19 tests - but the nearest collection point for the tests could involve a 20-mile round trip. The government unveiled the initiative ahead of schools reopening to all pupils from Monday (March 8). Parents with children at primary or secondary school will be able to access two tests per week, but the nearest collection points are in Peterborough, Grantham, Melton Mowbray and Corby. One of the lateral flow tests that has been delivered this week