Army to carry out mass Covid-19 tests on children in Liverpool
by Sally Weale Education correspondent from on (#5A3WA)
Parental consent required as tests offered to all pupils in the city over the age of 11
The army is being sent in to help carry out mass testing of children in secondary schools in Liverpool this week, with public health experts considering rolling it out further to primary schools across the city.
Testing is due to begin in around a dozen secondary and special schools. If parents provide consent, pupils over the age of 11 will be tested twice over a 10-day period as part of the UK's first mass Covid testing trial.
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