High demand for lateral flow tests has resulted in supply issues, with many people unable to get their hands on the kits in recent days and pharmacies warning of “huge problems” with kit deliveries.

As a result of the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant, this week saw the biggest spike in Covid case numbers since records began in March 2020, with 119,789 positive tests reported in the 24 hours to ...

Despite COVID-19 cases in the UK surpassing 50,000 for the first time since July, the UK government has announced fully-vaccinated holidaymakers travelling from non-red listed countries will be ...

The NHS has issued “important” advice to help prevent the spread of Covid. Cases of the infection are rising again in the UK, ...

New NHS guidelines have outlined who should be taking Covid lateral flow tests. It comes after the Government announced previously that the distribution of free test kits to the general public will ...

Lateral flow tests will remain available for free for "as long as we need" and the NHS is expected to be under pressure for the next "two or three weeks" says Tory minister Michael Gove. Mr Gove, the ...

Boris Johnson has been accused of making “empty promises” to British bioscience firms after it emerged that new rapid Covid tests offered to NHS staff are manufactured by a Chinese firm. Lateral flow ...

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When should you do a lateral flow test and when to take a PCR? As Coronavirus numbers rise in Scotland, you might want to make sure you aren't positive and at risk of passing it on to your loved ones, ...

Free Covid tests will now be available only to vulnerable groups and some NHS staff, as the government ends free testing for the majority of the population. From 1 April, most people in England will ...

An artificial intelligence app to read COVID-19 lateral flow tests helped to reduce false results in a new trial out today. Published in Cell Reports Medicine, a team of researchers from the ...

Lateral flow tests for Covid 19 have been rolled out across the UK in various settings – from cities to universities and care homes. Now, the prime minister has suggested they could even be used to ...