UK ministers press ahead with plan to wind down Covid testing

UK ministers press ahead with plan to wind down Covid testing Ministers are pressing ahead with plans to start winding down Covid testing and payments for isolation from next week to save more than £10bn, despite health chiefs warning that this could hamper crucial research into antiviral treatments.

No 10, the Treasury and the health department will decide this week on a “living with Covid strategy” due to be unveiled on Monday, which will involve phasing out free Covid testing and all but ending the tracing system. The Guardian

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• Covid: PPE waste could be recycled - health minister BBC News
• Covid UK: Daily cases fall for 13th day in a row to just 41,648 The Daily Mail
• What will ‘living with Covid’ actually mean? The Guardian
• Bereaved families call for PM to lose say over UK Covid inquiry topics The Guardian
• NHS long Covid mobile testing units could be rolled out in areas worst hit by pandemic iNews
• Fears over UK ability to tackle variants as Covid testing is scrapped The Independent
• Covid hospital admissions fall below 1,000 for first time in nearly two months as Omicron wave recedes The Independent