All English Households With School Children Offered Twice Weekly COVID Tests

Nursery staff members at Little Stars Childcare take part in the Staffordshire County Council's pilot testing initiative to allow nurseries to test staff weekly, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, Britain, on Feb. 15, 2021. Carl Recine/Reuters

LONDON—All households in England with school or college aged children will be offered two rapid COVID-19 tests per person per week to support the government’s priority to get young people back in the classroom, the health ministry said on Sunday.

Last week British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out a phased plan to end England’s latest COVID-19 lockdown, offering a “cautious” approach to try to prevent a return to wholesale restrictions that have hobbled the economy.