Unions urge education secretary to extend free COVID testing

Education unions, including UNISON, have urged education secretary Nadhim Zahawi to extend the availability of free COVID-19 tests in England, beyond the end of March.
In a letter to Mr Zahawi this week, the unions insist that this is “especially important” for those attending and working in schools.
Under the government’s Living with COVID plan, most people in England will no longer receive free PCR or lateral flow tests after 1 April.
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