• About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Cookie policy (EU)
  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
  • Video
  • Write for us
Today Headline
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • POLITICS
    • News for today
    • Borisov news
  • FINANCE
    • Business
    • Insurance
  • Video
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • ENTERPRISE
  • LIFESTYLE
    • TRAVEL
    • HEALTH
    • ENTERTAINMENT
  • AUTOMOTIVE
  • SPORTS
  • Travel and Tourism
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • POLITICS
    • News for today
    • Borisov news
  • FINANCE
    • Business
    • Insurance
  • Video
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • ENTERPRISE
  • LIFESTYLE
    • TRAVEL
    • HEALTH
    • ENTERTAINMENT
  • AUTOMOTIVE
  • SPORTS
  • Travel and Tourism
No Result
View All Result
TodayHeadline
No Result
View All Result

Ready, test, go! New Government slogan unveiled as PM plans to send testing kits to millions

February 18, 2021
in Health
0
Ready, test, go! New Government slogan unveiled as PM plans to send testing kits to millions
0
SHARES
2
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


Boris Johnson is planning a Covid testing blitz that will send home-swabbing kits to millions of homes and businesses when lockdown is eased.

NHS Test and Trace will dish out more than 400,000 lateral flow tests every day to get to ‘a new normal’, it was claimed.

No10 will also unveil a new slogan — ‘Are you ready? Get testing. Go’ — ahead of the reopening of schools next month, encouraging people to get swabbed.

Ministers are hoping well-known faces will front it to help persuade people to get a Covid-19 test even if they do not have symptoms.

Meanwhile, reports suggest any full lockdown lifting is a way off as sources say daily cases need to be below 1,000 – compared to the 10,000 currently.

'Are you ready? Get testing. Go' will reportedly be a new campaign launched ahead of the reopening of schools next month. Pictured: A nursery staff member at Little Stars Childcare in Staffordshire holds a swab stick on Monday

‘Are you ready? Get testing. Go’ will reportedly be a new campaign launched ahead of the reopening of schools next month. Pictured: A nursery staff member at Little Stars Childcare in Staffordshire holds a swab stick on Monday

Ministers are hoping well-known faces will front it to help persuade people to get a Covid-19 test even if they do not have symptoms. Pictured: An advert for a testing kit in Manchester this week

Ministers are hoping well-known faces will front it to help persuade people to get a Covid-19 test even if they do not have symptoms. Pictured: An advert for a testing kit in Manchester this week

The testing surge of delivering 400,000 kits a day – three million a week – will be spearheaded by NHS Test and Trace and the Royal Mail, the Times reports.

Officials expect schools to return on March 8, followed by shops and universities late in April, as well as the hospitality sector at the start of May.

Pupils and their parents could be getting tests twice a week by the time they return and it is understood the same will apply to teachers.

It is said there will be a further surge in testing between April and May as lateral flow tests are rolled out to businesses to help people return to work.

One minister said: ‘The vaccination programme is going better than we could have hoped, but testing is the key to getting the economy going again.’

Lateral flow tests are already available to firms open during lockdown with more than 50 workers.

It comes amid dire warnings lockdown will not be fully lifted until cases drop to just 1,000 a day, despite daily infections currently still over 10,000.

The PM’s exit plan from restrictions – published next Monday – are not expected to outline an exact timetable.

It is believe it will instead put forward regular reviews to stop the country opening up again until cases plummet to their August level.

Analysis suggests it will take until the start of April for infections to fall to the required amount per day.

But this does not take into consideration schools reopening next month which will likely further spread the virus.

A Whitehall source told the Telegraph: ‘For any significant relaxation of lockdown, household mixing and reopening of pubs, case numbers have to be in the hundreds, not thousands.

‘The numbers are coming down quite fast, but the plan is likely to be high level, and will set out the tests that have to be met for restrictions to be released.

‘There is real reluctance about committing to specific dates, without knowing what the case numbers are doing.’

Separate reports say leisure businesses may not return to ‘broadly normal’ until July under the PM’s roadmap out of lockdown.

The blueprint being discussed by ministers and industry leaders would allow restrictions to be eased only at four-weekly intervals.

Separate reports say leisure businesses may not return to 'broadly normal' until July under the PM's (pictured on Monday) roadmap out of lockdown

Separate reports say leisure businesses may not return to ‘broadly normal’ until July under the PM’s (pictured on Monday) roadmap out of lockdown

The gradual approach means traders will have to wait until at least Easter – early April – for a limited restart (file photo)

The gradual approach means traders will have to wait until at least Easter – early April – for a limited restart (file photo)

The gradual approach means traders will have to wait until at least Easter – early April – for a limited restart.

This is likely to include the reopening of holiday lets and larger hotels, with dining rooms still closed. Sports such as golf and tennis could resume.

Pubs, bars and restaurants will have to wait until early May under the plans, with a maximum of two households allowed to sit together indoors and the rule of six applying outside.

The next stage, in early June, would see the rules for pubs and restaurants relaxed with the rule of six extended indoors.

The hospitality and domestic holiday industries could be allowed to return to normal in July – with social distancing.

Ministers will not make a final decision on the timetable until this weekend when they are presented with the latest data on the spread of the virus.

Mr Johnson will unveil the plan on Monday.

But the blueprint is the most detailed outline of the Government’s thinking so far. It appears to confirm that – contrary to the demands of some Tory MPs – the Prime Minister is determined to be cautious, with plenty of ‘headroom’ to adjust to any resurgence of the virus.

The fact that the rule of six and social distancing are expected to remain in force until well into the summer indicates the extent of the worries over new mutations.

It was also revealed office staff are expected to be told to keep working from home when the Prime Minister unveils his roadmap.

He is not expected to set a firm date for when employees should return to their desks, meaning that the ‘work from home if you can’ message will continue for the foreseeable future.

Tags: GovernmentKitsMillionsPLANSReadysendslogantesttestingunveiled
Previous Post

Martin Lewis warns 1million Brits miss out on £3,000-a-year on pension credit

Next Post

Facebook ban on news in Australia provokes fierce backlash

Related Posts

Health

FDA advisers vote to recommend Moderna Covid vaccine EUA for kids 6-17

Efficacy of Moderna’s vaccine ranged...

Read more
Health

Gene test could tell if your hip surgery will fail

Gene test to tell if...

Read more
Health

Is One COVID Vaccine for Kids Preferred Over the Other?

June 21, 2022 – Shots...

Read more
Health

Juul can keep selling e-cigarettes as court blocks FDA ban

A woman exhales while vaping...

Read more
Health

Global abortion-rights advocates worry their countries are next if Roe falls

The concerns spotlight not just...

Read more
Load More
Next Post
Facebook ban on news in Australia provokes fierce backlash

Facebook ban on news in Australia provokes fierce backlash

  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Kenosha Journalist Arrested for Telling Cop He Has a Small Dick

Kenosha Journalist Arrested for Telling Cop He Has a Small Dick

Depraved child abusers face life in jail under new law named after boy who lost legs following torture by sick parents

‘These are not my ideal living arrangements’: My husband and I live in his mother’s home. She will leave it to him when she dies. Do I have a claim on this home?

Snoop Dogg and Eminem’s Bored Ape music video is here to try and sell us on tokens

Ghislaine Maxwell may ask court for sentencing delay

New Mountain Finance Stock: A 10.3% Yield Flying Under Radar (NASDAQ:NMFC)

Jack Della Maddalena vs Ramazan Emeev, how to watch, preview, live stream

Aspiring GOP state senator from Rhode Island suspends his campaign and faces losing his job

About Us

Todayheadline the independent news and topics discovery
A home-grown and independent news and topic aggregation . displays breaking news linking to news websites all around the world.

Follow Us

Latest News

Ghislaine Maxwell may ask court for sentencing delay

New Mountain Finance Stock: A 10.3% Yield Flying Under Radar (NASDAQ:NMFC)

Ghislaine Maxwell may ask court for sentencing delay

New Mountain Finance Stock: A 10.3% Yield Flying Under Radar (NASDAQ:NMFC)

Jack Della Maddalena vs Ramazan Emeev, how to watch, preview, live stream

  • Real Estate
  • Education
  • Parenting
  • Cooking
  • Travel and Tourism
  • Home & Garden
  • Pets
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
  • About

© 2021 All rights are reserved Todayheadline

No Result
View All Result
  • Real Estate
  • Education
  • Parenting
  • Cooking
  • Travel and Tourism
  • Home & Garden
  • Pets
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
  • About

© 2021 All rights are reserved Todayheadline

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist