Gavin Williamson assures of UK secondary schools mass testing

The education secretary, Gavin Williamson, said secondary schools would be able to run a mass Covid testing regime with an extra week to prepare. Williamson said £78m of extra funding, equipment such as personal protective equipment (PPE) and support from the military would help get the programmes set up

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