Have your say: Would you take a daily COVID test after lockdown?
The government is set to announce major testing programmes for areas of England in the highest tier of coronavirus restrictions after the second lockdown ends.
On Monday, Boris Johnson will announce that rapid testing with military support, used already in Liverpool, will form part of the system.
As part of the plan, repeat testing will be offered so close contacts of people with coronavirus may not have to self-isolate.
They would be able to take a test every day for a week instead, and would only need to self-isolate if they test positive.
The programme will use lateral flow tests that can produce results in as little as 30 minutes.
Johnson will announce plans in the House of Commons for a strengthened three-tier system to replace the current measures when England’s second national lockdown ends on 2 December.
MPs will have the chance to vote on his “COVID winter plan” in the days before it is set to be introduced.
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