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Scientists urge routine Covid testing when English schools reopen – The Guardian
Exclusive: experts say staff and pupils should be screened for virus, possibly by group testing
Scientists have called for routine Covid testing of teachers and pupils alongside a robust test-and-trace system, amid a debate over how to safely reopen schools in England.
On Sunday, the childrens commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, said teachers and pupils should have weekly tests, but Nick Gibb, the schools minister, ruled out the idea, saying instead that those who are symptomatic should be tested.
Now researchers behind a report from Delve, a multidisciplinary group convened by the…
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