What has changed?
From 11January in England, people who receive positive lateral flow device (LFD) tests for coronavirus (COVID-19) will be required to self-isolate immediately and won’t be required to take a PCR test to confirm they are positive.
Why has this changed?
When there are a very high numbers of cases of COVID-19 in the population a, a positive lateral flow test is close to the reliability of a PCR test in telling you if you are infected.
Find out more on the .GOV website.
What does this mean for you?
Under this new approach, anyone who receives a positive LFD test result should report their result on GOV.UK and must self-isolate immediately but will not need to take a follow-up PCR test.
After reporting a positive LFD test result, they will be contacted by NHS Test and Trace so that their contacts can be traced and must continue to self-isolate.
Find out more on the .GOV website.