COVID-19 lateral flow tests should be made free again amid the spread of a new variant of the virus, an infection expert has said.
Meanwhile, the Pirola variant has been found in several countries including Canada, the US and Israel.
PHS said that the accuracy of wastewater testing is variable and results should be treated with caution. "We have signals that are telling us, even without any new variants, that Covid might be getting worse."We have this variant which is quite different from the things that have happened before."
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