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 English Football League has announced that it will scrap match-day testing to prevent further fixture disruption – a problem which has plagued English football over the Christmas period.
Is it really true that Omicron is surging and warrants the Prime Minister breaking his promise that the lifting of restrictions in the summer was "irreversible"? Not according to the latest data.
From Tuesday, unvaccinated close contacts of Covid cases must self-isolate for 10 days, whereas the double jabbed can avoid this requirement if they test negative.
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.
PCR Covid tests for travel will be scrapped from October 22nd, in time for half-term holidays – but only for those who have been fully vaccinated.
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.
We're publishing a new postcard on the Daily Sceptic today, this one by Russell David about a recent trip to Slovenia. Bit of a mixed bag – mask mandates are ubiquitous – but probably better than a week in Skegness.
