Parents and grandparents of schoolchildren will be offered at-home Covid tests twice a week ahead of classrooms in England reopening from March 8. Whole families with primary and secondary school-age children, as well as people in their childcare and support bubbles, will be given the regular tests, Ministers will announce today. Tests will also be offered twice a week to adults working with schools, including bus drivers and after-school club leaders. Tests will also be offered twice a week to adults working with schools, including bus drivers and after-school club leaders. The announcement comes in addition to plans for twice-weekly tests for secondary school pupils, with the first three at school before they start taking them at home.

Source: Daily Mail February 28, 2021 01:41 UTC