Trial will explore whether tests for contacts of infected people reduce the need for them to self-isolate
Daily testing of the contacts of people who test positive for Covid is to be trialled, the government has announced, in a effort to reduce the need for people to self-isolate unnecessarily.
People who test positive for Covid and their close contacts currently have to self-isolate for 10 days, but recent research has suggested compliance may be low. One study found that only around a half of people who had Covid symptoms said they fully adhered to self-isolation.
