Free Covid-19 testing for most groups has ended under England’s plans to live with coronavirus. In an announcement on Tuesday 29 March, health and social care secretary Sajid Javid said that those at ...

Over the past year, we've all turned to lateral flow tests (LFTs) every time we've felt poorly to make sure we're not experiencing a Covid symptom. These small plastic cartridges, which have been free ...

Lateral flow tests remain in high demand with many people across Merseyside saying they've found the kits hard to get hold of. Back in December, key workers and the public were unable to get PCR and ...

Ordering lateral flow tests on the gov.uk website has been temporarily suspended to fulfil existing orders "due to exceptionally high demand", the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed. On ...

As a result of the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant, last week saw the biggest spike in Covid case numbers since records began in March 2020, with 93,045 positive tests reported in the 24 hours to ...

The number of people being admitted to hospital with Covid in England has begun to rise again, new data from the NHS shows. It comes as experts in Europe warned of a new wave of the virus driven by ...

Latest figures show that around 3.8m people in the UK, approximately one in 17, has Covid. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released earlier this week found that this was a 7 per ...