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Once-a-day Covid tests for school pupils to avoid self-isolation set to be dropped

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Ministers are expected to drop plans for daily Covid tests in England's secondary schools after regulators failed to approve the flagship policy.

Hapless Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced just weeks ago that the £78m lateral flow test scheme would be a "milestone moment" in the fight against the virus.

But the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency raised concerns about allowing pupils who test negative to avoid isolation if they've in close contact with an infected person.

When the policy was announced last month, the Department for Education claimed pupils and staff would be able to do "serial testing" instead of 10 days' self-isolation if a contact of theirs in school tested positive.

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