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Mass testing for 17 more parts of England to stop rising infections – Wales Online
The 17 new areas join 106 others already signed up to roll out rapid community testing
Rapid Covid-19 tests are set to be rolled out to another 17 local council areas across England in a bid to stem rising infection rates.
Quick-turnaround lateral flow tests will be used to help detect asymptomatic cases with the aim of slowing the spread of the virus in Tier 3 areas such as Newcastle, Coventry and Walsall and Tier 2 Bristol.
Public Health England scientists at Porton Down have also confirmed lateral flow tests successfully detected samples with the new variant of Covid-19 which is…
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