1,500 Troops to Help England’s Secondary Schools With CCP Virus Testing

Soldiers wearing full PPE in the form of face shields, gloves, face masks, and bibs wait to assist CCP virus testing at a rapid testing centre in the Liverpool exhibition centre in Liverpool, England, on Nov. 11, 2020. Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images

The UK’s armed forces is deploying 1,500 troops to help with rapid CCP virus testing in secondary schools and colleges in England after the New Year, the government said on Tuesday.

“The majority of personnel will be on task from this week as they start to conduct training,” the government said in a statement.