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CYPRUS: Travel restrictions will be eased from April 18. Photo: Adobe

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The official coronavirus symptoms list has been updated to include nine more symptoms of Covid - includinga shortness of breath, feeling exhausted or tired, an aching body, headache, sore throat, blocked or runny nose, loss of appetite, diarrhoea, and feeling sick or being sick. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Nine new Covid symptoms that people in Sheffield should be aware of

Free lateral flow and PCR tests will be scrapped for the majority of people in England from 1 April. Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

How much Covid tests cost and which groups can still get tested for free

GREECE: Unvaccinated passengers can visit with proof of a negative Covid test. Photo: Getty Images

Travel column with Katie Butler: Covid travel restrictions update

Barnsley Council say provision is in place for COVID-19 testing sites to be reopened if necessary.

Barnsley’s Covid testing centres to close

Herringthorpe test centre

Rotherham Covid test centre to close in pandemic response stand-down

You don’t have to be vaccinated to travel to Greece. Photo: Getty Images

Travel column with Katie Butler: Covid travel updates for vaccinated and unvacci...

Travel rules have relaxed for UK arrivals from 11 February (Photo: Getty Images)

Major changes to Covid travel rules from today as testing is scrapped

The Transport Secretary is expected to scrap the arrival tests later this month (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid arrival tests ‘to be axed’ for fully vaccinated returning to UK

Greg Fell, Sheffield's director of public health, said the rate at which cases of the Omicron Covid variant are rising among over-65s is 'very worrying'

Rise in Omicron cases among over-65s 'very worrying'

The new measures applies in England from 11 January (Photo: Getty Images)

Crucial Covid rule change affecting use of PCR tests takes effect today

Covid testing rules for people without symptoms are being relaxed (Photo: Getty Images)

Confirmatory PCR testing scrapped for people with no Covid symptoms

The self-isolation period starts immediately from the onset of symptoms or a positive test (Photo: Shutterstock)

The rules on leaving self-isolation if you still test positive after 10 days

Somebody takes a PCR test (Photo by Broer van Den Boom/BSR Agency/Getty Images)

Proportion of Sheffield Covid tests to come back positive reaches all time high

Sheffield's rate of Covid infections has more than doubled week-on-week, according to the latest figures

Sheffield's Covid case rate doubles in a week

If the lateral flow test comes back negative, isolation can end after seven days (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid self isolation in England cut to 7 days on condition of negative test

As the Omicron variant of Covid continues to spread across the UK, you may be wondering if the symptoms differ from other strains of the virus (Photo: Shutterstock)

The 'surprising' Omicron variant symptom that can appear when eating

This is how to get a PCR Covid test in Sheffield, whether you need an NHS one because you have coronavirus symptoms or a private one if you are travelling abroad. lPhoto by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images.

Everything you need to know about getting a PCR test in Sheffileld

Some people reported have trouble accessing a lateral flow test on the Government website in Sheffield this week - here's where to get one in Sheffield. Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images.

This is where to find a lateral flow test in Sheffield

Holiday-starved Brits still plan to flee the UK to spend Christmas abroad with l...

Sheffield Heeley MP Louise Haigh has criticised the 'scandalous' cost of Covid tests for people travelling to and from the UK. Picture Scott Merrylees

MP slams 'scandalous' cost of PCR tests for travellers

From 7December UK holidaymakers must take a pre-departure Covid test (Photo: Getty Images)

Pre-departure Covid tests to return for UK travellers in rule crackdown

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 28: A covid testing centre sign at Heathrow Terminal 5 on November 28, 2021 in London, England. Following the discovery of a new Covid-19 variant, whose mutations suggest greater transmissibility than previous virus strains, the United Kingdom imposed new restrictions on arriving travelers. From 04:00 today, people arriving from South Africa, Botswana, Lesostho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe and Namibi, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Angola will face mandatory hotel quarantine. From Tuesday, all international travelers must isolate until they return a negative PCR test, which must be taken by Day 2. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a press conference after cases of the new Covid-19 variant were confirmed in the United Kingdom on November 27, 2021 in London, England. UK authorities confirmed today that two cases of the new Omicron Covid-19 variant, which had prompted a flurry of travel bans affecting several countries in Southern Africa, were found in the UK. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Tighter rules on face masks and PCR tests for foreign travel announced

Pictured is Sheffield University Firth Court...Pic Steve Ellis

Sheffield University scientists develop more accurate Covid test

Greg Fell, Sheffield's director for public health, has issued an update regarding safety at schools amid rising Covid rates in the city

Sheffield health chief issues update on school Covid measures

Rule change comes into force for travellers to use lateral flow tests instead of...

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43,000 people may have been given wrong negative PCR Covid test results

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New travel rules: When do I need to take my Day 2 Covid test? How much the trave...

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Travel test rules set to change - what you need to know

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How the 'worst ever cold' felled our Sheffield family

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said ministers hope to announce in the next few days the switch from a PCR to a lateral flow test for eligible fully-vaccinated travellers taking their day-two Covid test (Photo: Shutterstock)

PCR Covid tests to be scrapped ‘before half-term’ - which could save families £2...

The first and only person to book on October 6 2021 at midday (12pm) can enjoy six nights for just £6!

Ad Feature Best ever family reunion in a private manor – at a cost you won’t believe!

BACK AGAIN - Bring Me the Horizon returned to tour this week and will be at Sheffield Arena on Friday and Saturday. Pic: Jamie A. Waters @jamie_a_waters

BMTH bringing 'pure energy' to arena

Holiday bookings are expected to soar after the Government announced a relaxation of international travel rules (Photo: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Holiday bookings set to soar after government announces relaxation of internatio...

File photo dated 22/08/20 of passengers in the arrivals hall at Heathrow Airport, London. The traffic light system for international travel is to be scrapped and the number of countries from which returning travellers will be required to quarantine in a hotel is to be cut, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced. Issue date: Friday September 17, 2021. PA Photo. From October 4, there will be a single red list of countries from where travellers to England must stay in a Government-supervised hotel - with Turkey, Pakistan and the Maldives all removed from the line-up. See PA story HEALTH Coronavirus. Photo credit should read: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

New Covid travel rules unveiled – here’s everything you need to know

The travel changes are expected to come into force ahead of the October half-term break (Photo: Getty Images)

Overhaul of Covid travel rules expected today with double jabbed set to benefit

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