The Guardian says a new scheme in England, offering everyone two rapid COVID-19 tests each week from Friday, is billed as a way of tracking outbreaks of potentially vaccine-resistant variants of the virus.
An advertising campaign will encourage people in England to take two rapid coronavirus tests a week from Friday, The Times reports.
The Daily Express says two lateral flow COVID tests per week, being offered to people in England from Friday, can be delivered to homes or collected from pharmacies.
The Daily Mirror says the idea behind a new COVID testing scheme in England is to enable restrictions to be lifted “smoothly”.
Ministers fear that opening non-essential retail on 12 April in England could lead to a surge of COVID cases and slow the further release from lockdown, according to the Daily Mail.
Boris Johnson will announce in a Downing Street press conference on Monday that the next stage of lifting COVID restrictions in England will go ahead as planned on Monday 12 April, The Daily Telegraph reports. Non-essential shops are due to reopen, while pubs and restaurants will be able to serve customers outdoors.
The Daily Star says brewers have been “working day and night to stock boozers” ahead of outdoor opening next Monday.
The i says everyone in England is to be offered two free lateral flow coronavirus tests each week, regardless of whether they have symptoms.
The Financial Times says China’s central bank has asked lenders to rein in credit supply, following concerns that a surge of lending to help the country recover from the coronavirus pandemic could cause financial instability.
