Regular asymptomatic testing paused in additional settings

Regular asymptomatic testing paused in additional settings Regular asymptomatic testing for Covid in all remaining settings in England will be paused from 31 August, as Covid cases continue to fall.

Free testing for the public ended on 1 April as part of the government’s Living with Covid plan, but asymptomatic testing continued to be used in some settings during periods of high case rates. Department of Health and Social Care

See also:

• Guidance: Infection prevention and control in adult social care: COVID-19 supplement Department of Health and Social Care
• Guidance: COVID-19: testing during periods of low prevalence UK Health Security Agency
• Guidance: Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing for adult social care services UK Health Security Agency
• Guidance: Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing for hospices UK Health Security Agency
• Guidance: COVID-19: managing healthcare staff with symptoms of a respiratory infection  UK Health Security Agency
• Variation in reported SARS-CoV-2 cases after testing policy changes The Lancet Infectious Diseases
• NHS and care homes in England to pause routine Covid testing BBC News
• Routine COVID-19 testing in GP practices to stop from next week Gponline
• Routine Covid tests in English hospitals to be scrapped next week The Guardian
• COVID-19: Routine asymptomatic testing among NHS and care home workers to be 'paused' from end of this month Sky News