Get a coronavirus test before visiting elderly relatives this Christmas, Boris Johnson urges
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxBoris Johnson has urged people to get a coronavirus test before they visit elderly relatives over Christmas.However, health officials have said community testing may not be fully up and running until the new year.Opening a Commons debate on the government’s new tier system for England, the prime minister said lateral flow tests were being rolled out across the country.Asked by Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey whether tests would be available to anyone visiting family members over Christmas, he said: ”It is open for people to get a lateral flow test.“In general, the testing system is available, at the moment, for people who have symptoms.“But I would urge people who are worried that they may need to be in the company.
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