Tag: LFT

It doesn't look good for balance or evidence when the COVID-19 Inquiry is asking for lateral flow tests and face masks, says Laura Dodsworth. No inquiry would be better than this inquiry.

Free Covid tests officially ended for millions of people today as England moves to the next stage of 'living with Covid'.

Children were subjected to all manner of unevidenced and harmful interventions during the pandemic, not least of which was frequent testing. We must now prioritise their recovery and ensure it never happens again.

With the Government refusing to bow to teaching unions and tighten restrictions in schools, the unions are fighting back, telling their members to ignore Government guidance and introduce stricter rules anyway.

The UKHSA has announced that confirmatory PCR tests will no longer be available for those who test positive on an LFT test without symptoms, raising fears of staff shortages being exacerbated by false positives.

Covid testing rules are to be relaxed as part of efforts to shorten isolation periods and ease staffing shortages. But given mass testing has clearly failed to contain the virus why continue it at all?

The replacement of PCR travel testing with lateral flow tests is supposed to make overseas travel cheaper, but some firms are charging up to £150 for LFTs and a significant number are charging £50 or more.

Free lateral flow tests are being scrapped in Germany, putting financial pressure on those who don't want to get jabbed but must show proof of vaccination or recent testing to attend public gatherings.

The Government is considering scrapping free Covid tests to save billions of pounds, with free tests only to be given in high-risk settings such as care homes.

Holidaymakers may soon have to enter a video call while doing a lateral flow test upon arriving back in Britain because the Government is concerned that people will otherwise lie about their results.