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Seventh-day tests for frequent travellers this week

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The option for some frequent travellers to have a Covid-19 test on day seven of their self-isolation should be in place by the end of this week, government says.

Regulations are being changed for people who go to the UK for medical appointments, and some key workers.

John Guest is a cancer patient who has to travel to Liverpool every three weeks for treatment at Clatterbridge.

He says he'd welcome the option for a seventh-day test, rather than being stuck in almost perpetual self-isolation:

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