Lateral flow test to replace isolation2 May 2021 10:02
Just grabbed this from an article in the independent
Ministers have taken steps towards ending the 10-day isolation rule for the contacts of Covid-infected people by authorising a new trial that replaces mandatory quarantine with daily tests.
Up to 40,000 participants identified as contacts will be given daily lateral flow tests then – as long as their result is negative and they display no symptoms – allowed to go about their lives as before.
Matt Han**** hailed the study as paving the way to “shift the dial” by allowing people to avoid self-isolation, amid evidence that many find it too difficult, or expensive, to abide by the rules.
It will be launched, on 9 May, despite ongoing controversy over the accuracy of the rapid lateral flow tests to be used and the eye-watering cost of the “operation moonshot” programme.