Daily Covid testing plans 'paused' in English schools
by Josh Halliday and Sally Weale from Science | The Guardian on (#5D2HC)
PHE says potential benefits of daily testing unclear in light of emergence of new variant
The government has told schools to pause the daily coronavirus testing of students and staff in England, five weeks after it was announced as a milestone moment" by the education secretary, Gavin Williamson.
Public Health England (PHE) said the balance of the risks and potential benefits of daily testing were unclear" after the emergence of the more transmissible variant of Covid-19.
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