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18 May 2020

Everyone over five in UK with Covid-19 symptoms eligible for test

Political Editor

The government has announced a significant expansion of the coronavirus testing programme. Now anybody aged five or older across the whole country who shows symptoms can get a test.

It is all part of the government’s plan to scale up its track and trace operation.  Ministers hope that will make it possible to ease the lockdown and allow more people in England to start work again.

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