Test to Release is a COVID-19 testing scheme launched in the United Kingdom. The scheme began operating in England on 15 December 2020, and allows travellers required to quarantine upon returning to England to pay privately for a COVID test five days after their arrival. They are then permitted to end their quarantine period immediately if they receive a negative test. The scheme's launch was beset by chaos on the day of its launch as the eleven private firms chosen by the UK government to administer the tests encountered teething problems.[1]
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Science and healthcare |
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| Legislation | | Current |
- Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984
- 2020 budget
- Contingencies Fund Act 2020
- Contingencies Fund Act 2021
- Coronavirus mini-budget
- Winter Economy Plan
- Stamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) Act 2020
- Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020
- Business and Planning Act 2020
- Nightingale Court
- Culture Recovery Fund
- 2021 budget
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| Revoked |
- Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020
- Health Protection (Coronavirus, Business Closure) (England) Regulations 2020
- Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020
- COVID-19 local lockdown regulations in England
- First COVID-19 tier regulations in England
- Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020
- Coronavirus, Restrictions (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020
- Coronavirus, International Travel (England) Regulations 2020
- Face Coverings on Public Transport (England) Regulations 2020
- Face Coverings in a Relevant Place (England) Regulations 2020
- Coronavirus, Restrictions (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021
- Coronavirus, Restrictions (Local Authority Enforcement...) (England) Regulations 2020
- Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020
- Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020
- Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability (England) Regulations 2021
- Coronavirus Act 2020
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Expired or spent |
- Coronavirus, Restrictions (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020
- Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (England) Regulations 2021
- Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Entry to Venues and Events) (England) Regulations 2021
- Coronavirus, Restrictions (All Tiers and Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
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| Responses | | Government |
- Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
- Contract controversies
- Lockdown
- Eat Out to Help Out
- Everyone In
- Global Travel Taskforce
- National Tutoring Programme
- Pick for Britain
- Project Birch
- Can you look them in the eyes?
- Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery (Scotland)
- Pre-pandemic exercises
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| Timelines |
- England
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Wales
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Advisory bodies | |
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| Key people |
- Kevin Fenton
- Neil Ferguson
- Matt Hancock
- Dido Harding
- Jenny Harries
- Sajid Javid
- Boris Johnson
- Wei Shen Lim
- Phil Prosser
- June Raine
- Rishi Sunak
- Maggie Throup
- Patrick Vallance
- Jonathan Van-Tam
- Chris Whitty
- Nadhim Zahawi
| England |
- Stephen Powis
- Amanda Pritchard
- Simon Stevens
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| Northern Ireland |
- Arlene Foster
- Paul Givan
- Charlotte McArdle
- Michael McBride
- Michelle O'Neill
- Robin Swann
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| Scotland |
- Catherine Calderwood
- Joe FitzPatrick
- Jeane Freeman
- Jason Leitch
- Gregor Smith
- Devi Sridhar
- Nicola Sturgeon
- John Swinney
- Humza Yousaf
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| Wales |
- Frank Atherton
- Mark Drakeford
- Vaughan Gething
- Eluned Morgan
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Media depictions |
- "Can You Hear Me" (Doctors)
- Casualty (series 35)
- Emergency State
- Failures of State
- Grayson's Art Club
- Help
- Hold Still: A Portrait of Our Nation in 2020
- Isolation Stories
- Locked Down
- Lockdown Files
- Pandemic Diaries
- Partygate
- Preventable
- Staged
- This England
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| See also |
- Captain Tom Moore
- Coronavirus Tech Handbook
- COVID-19 Bereaved Families for Justice
- Death of Belly Mujinga
- EveryDoctor
- Notable deaths
- London Blossom Garden
- Lineage B.1.1.7
- National Covid Memorial Wall
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COVID-19 portal |