People all over Glasgow and the rest of the UK have been snapping up boxes of lateral flow tests after Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation on Sunday evening.
Prime Minister Johnson encouraged as many people as possible to come forward to receive their booster jab which some experts suggest should provide recipients with up to 75 per cent protection from the Covid-19 Omicron variant.
Mr. Johnson also made a point of appealing to the millions of adults in the UK who have yet to do so to come forward and receive their first Covid jab.
One way the authorities hope to slow down the rapid spread of Omicron throughout the UK is for people to use lateral flow tests as much as possible.
The suggestion is that we people should use lateral flow tests to determine if they have COVID-19 before they interact with others e.g. visiting loved ones over the Christmas break.
Whilst the tests are not 100 per cent accurate they do potentially reduce the number of people with Covid-19 interacting and spreading the virus.
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