COVID-19: Mass testing pilot in Liverpool potentially prevented thousands of cases, study suggests

Thousands of new COVID-19 cases were potentially prevented and detection of infections rose by almost a fifth due to a community testing pilot in Liverpool, results suggest. Researchers said more than 3,200 key worker staff days were protected from quarantine through a test-to-release scheme. Conducted by the University of Liverpool and the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC), the study ran from 6 November 2020 to 30 April 2021 with the aim of improving detection of coronavirus by using lateral flow testing for people without symptoms.