Symptom-free tests play 'key role' in Southampton schools :

Symptom-free Lateral Flow Tests were used to detect 69 Covid-19 cases in city schools.
SYMPTOM-FREE testing played a “key role” in reducing the spread of Covid-19 in Southampton schools, data has shown.
Prior to Easter, symptom-free Lateral Flow Tests detected nearly half the confirmed Covid-19 cases in Southampton’s education settings.
Between March 8, when the majority of pupils returned to school, and the end of term on April 1, there were 142 confirmed cases of Covid-19 according to data from Southampton City Council.
A total of 69 of these were detected using Lateral Flow testing, with the other 62 being confirmed using PCR tests, which are normally used for people showing symptoms.

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