School leaders have warned the issue could get worse when free lateral flow testing stops. Free testing will end in England on April 1 and school leaders have expressed concern about the effect on Covid cases among pupils (Nick Ansell/PA)

Some 200,000 children are off school in England due to coronavirus, the Education Secretary said, as he promised more details on rapid testing this week when universal free provision is stopped.

Nadhim Zahawi said further information about lateral flow tests will be set out on Friday, when mass free testing will end in England.

The Government has said free tests will only be made available to the most vulnerable but an education union has said removing free access when Covid-19 cases are high “feels irresponsible”, while a health expert labelled it “a disaster” for NHS workers.

Around one in 16 people in private households in England – or 3.5 million people – are likely to have had Covid-19 in the week to March 19, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures.

Asked how serious the risk is to the NHS of ending free testing for healthcare workers, he told Times Radio: “It’s a disaster. It’s unfair, unkind and just not workable because, you know, there are people out there who, you know, all parts of the NHS, but imagine you’re working with very clinically vulnerable patients – it would be devastating to you and to them to imagine that you might infect them with something that might kill them.

As we know, what a negative impact this epidemic has had globally, not only in terms of hitting the global economy hard, but also in terms of the many lives lost as a result. Children are unable to attend school regularly, they are unable to participate safely in outdoor activities, and adults are unable to work properly or even lose their jobs. Scientists have worked to develop a more effective vaccine to fight covid-19, but the virus keeps mutating, they keep getting more resistant, they become more contagious, and people’s safety is at greater risk.

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