Health
Covid-19: Daily coronavirus test plan to cut contacts’ 14-day self-isolation – BBC News
Contacts of people with the virus will not need to quarantine if they test negative, the government says.
image captionA nurse administering a coronavirus test in Stoke-on-Trent earlier this month
Daily coronavirus tests will be offered to close contacts of people who have tested positive in England, as a way to reduce the current 14-day quarantine.
People will be offered tests every day for a week – and they will not need to isolate unless they test positive.
The scheme is initially being trialled in Liverpool from this week.
Meanwhile, the government has also promised that all care home residents…
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