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The Department of Health and Social Care said saliva-based testing will be used for the Salford pilot, which will involve the city council and other local partners.
It will see a weekly testing model trialled with more than 2,100 pupils and staff across four schools. Mr Hancock also told Sky News that the overall testing regime was working"well" - despite some people being directed to centres more than 100 miles away. "And we're finding a higher and higher proportion of people in the country who have coronavirus and getting them tests so they can be looked after.
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