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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/PA) This claim was rejected by scientists including Dr Susan Hopkins, chief medical adviser for NHS T...

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 how reducing the quarantine period for contacts affected the spread of the virus.  The findings indi...

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 schools, rapid tests have been used in two ways. Firstly, regular blanket tests—once or twice a week...