Mass CCP Virus Testing of Secondary School Students to Start in London, Kent, Essex

Pupils wearing facemasks as a precaution against the transmission of the CCP virus arrive to attend Moor End Academy in Huddersfield, northern England, on Sept. 11, 2020. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images

Secondary school students are to be mass tested for the CCP virus in parts of London, in Essex where it borders the capital to the northeast, and in parts of Kent to the southeast.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said in a press briefing from Downing Street on Thursday that cases are on the rise in all three areas but “by far the fastest rise is among secondary school age children, 11 to 18-year-olds.”