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<p>Rapid, regular testing for people without symptoms of COVID-19 has been made available
across the country from week commencing 11 Jan with the eligibility of the community
testing programme expanded to cover all 317 local authorities.</p><p>The best way
currently for those in private early years settings and childminders to access asymptomatic
testing is via the community testing programme. Local authorities have been encouraged
to target testing at critical workers such as early years staff during the national
lockdown. We continue to look at more direct approaches.</p><p>We are rolling out
our asymptomatic testing programme to primary schools, who will receive testing kits
for staff this week. This includes schools-based nurseries and maintained nursery
schools. The asymptomatic testing programme will offer all primary school, schools-based
nursery and maintained nursery school staff home Lateral Flow Device (LFD) test kits
for routine testing.</p><p> </p>
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