Daily testing 'just as effective as isolating in controlling Covid transmission'

23.07.2021 - 09:49 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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Daily testing of schoolchildren has proved to be just as effective in controlling Covid transmission as forcing pupils to isolate.

Researchers have been looking at the data from a trial in which 200 secondary schools and colleges across England took part in from April to the end of June.

While one group followed the national guidance of quarantining contacts of positive cases for

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