Most of the COVID-19 testing will end in England from April, including symptomatic testing in care homes, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Friday.
The NHS COVID-19 app, which alerts close contacts of a positive case and provides advice about COVID-19, will also be closed on April 27.
It comes more than a year after England scrapped all legal restrictions and began “living with COVID.”
The UKHSA said it’s time for COVID-19 testing in England to be “further aligned with the management of other common respiratory infections” thanks to increased access to COVID-19 treatments and the high natural or vaccine-induced immunity among the population….