Children With Symptoms Can Now Apply For A Test

Children aged five and over can now get a coronavirus test on demand, the Government has revealed.

- Sarah O’Grady

Any youngster with symptoms of the virus can obtain a test through drive-in centres, mobile screening or an online booking.

The move is designed to quash the pleas of teaching unions who do not want to re-open schools on June 1, as the Government has proposed.

And it will alleviate the concerns of any parents who may be uneasy about sending their children back to school.

There have been growing tensions between ministers and teaching union leaders, who say their members should stay at home until the start of the new academic year in September.