For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter hereLateral flow testing trialled in Liverpool last month will be used to facilitate face-to-face visits at care homes in Wigan as part of a pilot from January.The rapid coronavirus tests are already being used to test NHS staff and other frontline workers without Covid symptoms on a regular basis in the borough.But due to concerns about the accuracy of lateral flow technology, families visiting loved ones at care homes will still have to take a standard swab test.Wigan council's director of adult social care and health Stuart Cowley told a scrutiny committee on Thursday how lateral flow tests will be used for visits.He said: "They should be seen as part of a set.