POLL: Do you think it's right to stop free Covid lateral flow tests for all?
Published: 11:57, 22 February 2022
| Updated: 12:02, 22 February 2022
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced yesterday (Monday) that free universal symptomatic and asymptomatic Covid testing will end for the general public in England from April 1.
Remaining symptomatic testing will be focused on the most vulnerable, with the UK Health Security Agency set to determine the details.
A degree of asymptomatic testing will also be maintained in the most risky settings, such as in social care.
Mr Johnson said that provision for free tests could not continue at their current rate due to the cost of £2bn a month.
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