FREE Covid testing is being phased out across the UK, with England being the first to see the update from tomorrow.
This comes as covid cases remain high, reaching record levels in some parts of the country.
Instead, the public will have to pay around £2 to be sure if they have the mistake or not.
This is a component of Boris Johnson’s plan to “live with Covid” and move the country towards self-isolation or restrictions.
Government states: “The Test program
“The price for taxpayers’ cash is now less clear . . . Free testing is properly focused on at-risk groups. “
As of April 1, the government will no longer provide loose Covid tests to other people in England.
The rest of the UK will meet in a few weeks, but with other deadlines.
The update includes the elimination of the most popular PCR tests and test kits of immediate aspects of the house.
So where else can you get a loose Covid if necessary, before substitution takes effect?
You have probably noticed that very often when you go to the government to ask for secondary sources, they tell you that there are no home deliveries available.
At nine o’clock this morning, they were all sold out, selling out the last batches.
The government particularly reduced loose side-flow deliveries even before the deadline.
But if you’re determined to get a box, you’re probably in luck.
There are still delivery spaces available in England every day for those who persist, so there could be some other possibility later on.
For short periods of the day, other people can log in to the government portal and order boxes at your door.
According to twitter account @LFT_alert, those windows are 20 to 45 minutes.
Last night, some returned to the inventory from 9:00 p. m. a. m. to 9:40 p. m. m.
It turns out you have a greater chance of grabbing a set of tampons in the morning, when reservations are taken up to an hour or more.
The same Twitter account stock availability for Scotland.
If you can’t order appearance flow tests at your door, pick them up at a pharmacy or store, where you can also buy them for around £2 starting tomorrow.
As for PCR testing, they haven’t been mandatory for most people without symptoms who still have a positive side since a rule update in January.
But the government says you deserve to get a PCR check if you have symptoms of the coronavirus.
This will also replace from April 1 in England, but “limited symptomatic testing will be conducted for a small number of threat groups. “
The government says “most of the tests are now for other people at higher risk. “
This comes as the list of Britons who can get free Covid tests from Friday is revealed.
The most vulnerable people, adding those who have high-risk jobs with physical condition problems, will be to collect swabs without paying.
It includes inpatients, the NHS and criminal staff, social adults and incredibly vulnerable people such as immunocompromised people.
But at most adult social care centres, the NHS, prisons or places of detention will no longer be required to take a test.
Welsh
As of March 28, the availability to the public of the loose PCR tests will end and will be replaced by lateral flow tests, which will be available until June.
scotland
People without symptoms continue to be screened twice a week, while close contacts of a positive case are monitored daily for seven days, and those with symptoms go through PCR monitoring.
But Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the maximum she would avoid at the end of April. The public will be encouraged to stay home in case of discomfort.
But those who are eligible for the antiviral remedy will still have access to testing, in-network and in hospitals.
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland has still drawn up plans.
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