Professor Lockdown has said the 10-day quarantine should be cut to seven days if people are made to test negative before they are released.
Speaking on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme, Neil Ferguson said: ‘It’s always a trade off between effectiveness and people’s adherence.
‘If it could be coupled with lateral flow testing, testing negative to release, and that was looked as some months ago.
‘All the modelling and analysis would suggest if it’s coupled with lateral flow testing