Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeSurge testing has been introduced in a new part of the country as the Indian covid variant continues to spike infections. Anyone over the age of 12 living in certain areas of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, will be offered tests whether they have symptoms or not. Before that it was launched in Bradford,West Yorkshire, and Canterbury and Maidstone in Kent after cases of the variant were identified there too. Concerns have been raised over the safety of going through with the government's fourth and last step to exiting lockdown amid a recent spike in Covid cases. Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Sunday warned the government was prepared to delay the June 21 unlocking if necessary.

Source: Daily Mirror June 07, 2021 14:40 UTC