Testing travellers on arrival in Britain and again later on ‘could reduce quarantine time’

Testing travellers twice – once when they arrive in the UK and again later on – could reduce the quarantine time from 14 to 10 days, the Government’s scientific advisors have said. The group’s studies show that when arrivals are ‘double tested’, there’s hardly any difference between quarantining for ten days compared to a fortnight. … Read more

Trump becomes embroiled in jaw-dropping argument over coronavirus testing during new interview

President Donald Trump has declared that coronavirus is ‘under control’ in the United States and that the country’s death rate was ‘lower than the world’. In an interview with Axios on HBO that was filmed last Tuesday but only aired last night, Trump said the virus was well-controlled across the US despite the country averaging about … Read more

Testing every passenger arriving in Britain could cut quarantine time, think tank claims 

Testing every passenger arriving in Britain could cut quarantine time from 14 days to five, think tank claims A five-day quarantine period would ‘allow for an acceptable level of risk’ Would allow holidaymakers to include 5 days of quarantine in annual leave Proposals were drawn up by think tank Institute for Global Change By Tom … Read more