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The regulations set out rules whereby private suppliers could have their tests officially validated for use under this regime. [30] On 17 December 2020, further requirements were imposed on private providers of COVID-19 tests by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) Regulations 2020. [31]
The COVID-19 threat level system was introduced, and the "Stay Home" phase was announced to be equivalent to Level 4 (where 1 meant "COVID-19 is not known to be present in the UK", and 5 meant "The circulation of COVID-19 is high and rising exponentially and there is a material risk of healthcare being overwhelmed"). [citation needed]
The global COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Europe with its first confirmed case in Bordeaux, France, on 24 January 2020, and subsequently spread widely across the continent. By 17 March 2020, every country in Europe had confirmed a case, [3] and all have reported at least one death, with the exception of Vatican City.
Scotland has become the latest UK nation to delay the easing of coronavirus measures. Changes to current restriction levels are being postponed until mid-July amid a rise in Covid-19 cases, with ...
The country's travel restrictions are set to ease even as coronavirus case counts are rising. More than 444,000 people in the U.K. tested positive over the last seven days, up 48% from the week ...
A home testing kit for COVID-19 in the UK. The UK Government launched a booking portal for people to be tested for COVID-19. The governments of Scotland and Northern Ireland governments signed up to use the portal that England was using. The Welsh Government went on to partner with Amazon to create a portal.
On 23 April, India was added to the UK's red list after a rise in cases and the discovery of lineage B.1.617 was found to be spreading in the UK, [293] requiring anyone entering from India to isolate for 10 days in a hotel with two COVID tests as well as banning all non-British nationals from India entering the UK. [294]
“Those who have symptoms of a respiratory virus—cough, sneezing, body aches, nasal congestion with or without fever—should test for COVID-19—and influenza when influenza is circulating in ...