COVID-19 testing is becoming more common in the UK as, along with mass vaccinations, it helps to open up society at a time when restrictions are easing. A university is trialling the use of saliva ...

It depends on the setting. If you get a home test or go to a drive-through testing centre you’ll get a swab test. It involves touching your tonsils with the swab without touching your gums, teeth or ...

As free NHS coronavirus tests continue to be in short supply, there has been growing demand for private testing services. Along with a rise in demand, cases of the virus are also rising across the UK, ...

Anyone in the UK who has symptoms can apply online via the government website for a free coronavirus PCR swab test, which tells you whether you currently have COVID-19. You can also get a free rapid ...

Winter is on its way and that means cases of colds, flu and cases of coronavirus could rise - but where can you buy tests now? Free rapid lateral flow tests were available in the UK during the height ...

We’ve been asked by readers whether a Covid-19 test can return a positive result if the person tested only has the common cold rather than Covid-19. This is based on the fact that the common cold can ...

You have a fever. You’re in respiratory distress. And you might even be hospitalized with pneumonia. Doctors worry you may have been infected with the novel coronavirus. What happens next? Ideally, ...

If you think a negative test result means you don’t have coronavirus, you could be wrong. It can take days before a new infection shows up on a Covid-19 test. “We know that the incubation period for ...

Lateral flow tests are now part of life for much of the UK. Billions of pounds of public money have been spent on test kits. Has it all been worth it? Earlier this week, 38-year-old Hailing Hackney ...

There has been a lot of talk on social media about "false positive" test results after several commentators suggested they might be seriously skewing the coronavirus figures - but that is based on a ...

Running through the list of Covid symptoms, you realise that you have more than your fair share. Begrudgingly, you take what feels like your thousandth coronavirus test but, much to your surprise, it ...