Routine asymptomatic testing across health and social care settings has come to an end this month and the official Covid survey has been axed. The final Office for National Statistics (ONS) infection ...

Scientists and public health experts built the COVID-19 pandemic response on years of experience navigating infectious disease outbreaks. Although lateral flow immunoassays have been central to ...

Can you test positive for covid-19 without being infectious? Even if you have had three doses of coronavirus vaccine, a positive lateral flow test (LFT) result means you are infectious to other people ...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests were the first available for spotting the coronavirus. They work by detecting the virus’s genetic material, and are very accurate. Then came rapid tests, also ...

Eligible fully vaccinated passengers arriving in England from countries not on the red list can take a lateral flow test on or before day 2 of their arrival from October 24, rather than PCR tests - ...