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Regular Covid testing will result in a 'public health disaster' with thousands forced needlessly to self-isolate, an academic has warned. Officials hope the multi-billion-pound scheme, under which everyone in England will be invited to take two free tests a week, will help to ease the country out of lockdown safely. The Prime Minister insisted it will 'stop outbreaks in their tracks' and is necessary to ensure that the sacrifices made in recent months 'are not wasted'. But Allyson Pollock, a professor of public health at Newcastle University, warned the rollout of mass testing is 'going to do...

Everyone in England is being urged to take two rapid COVID-19 tests a week to prevent spreading the virus.

Boris Johnson offers two at-home coronavirus tests a week to everyone in England William Booth © Neil Hall/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock A man passes a sign advertising the reopening of a barber shop in London. LONDON —The British government announced Monday that it will offer everyone in England two at-home rapid coronavirus tests a week, in an audacious, costly bid to reopen the economy while avoiding another wave of infections. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is betting that relentless, repeated testing for as many people as possible — including those who feel perfectly...

By WILLIAM BOOTH | The Washington Post | Published: April 5, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See more staff and wire stories here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. LONDON — The British government announced Monday that it will offer every citizen in England two at-home rapid coronavirus tests a week, in an audacious, costly bid to reopen the economy while avoiding another wave of infections. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is betting that relentless, repeated ...

Innova Medical Group has secured contracts to supply up to a billion Covid tests It is owned by Pasaca Capital Inc, chaired by Chinese millionaire Charles Huang The company has its 'primary' factory for making tests in Xiamen city, China Ministers are hoping to start receiving British-made swabs next month But they are still waiting for regulators to approve these tests for use in the UK