Free lateral flow tests to end as country to be told to live with CovidFree lateral flow tests are set to be axed as part of new plans for living with CovidFree lateral flow tests are set to be axed as part of plans for living with Covid, which Boris Johnson is set to announce in the coming weeks, the Sunday Times exclusively revealed. AdvertisementCurrently, there are an unlimited number of free LFTs available, with the public urged to test twice every week and those testing positive with symptoms eligible to request a free PCR test. However a senior Whitehall source believes that it is no longer feasible to continuously use free LFTs and instead scale back, but have the capacity to increase the rate of testing if required. “I don’t think we are in a world where we can continue to hand out free lateral flow tests to everybody for evermore," they told the Times. The news comes after Nadhim Zahawi recently became the first cabinet minister to back calls for the self-isolation period to be reduced from seven days to five.

Source: The Times January 09, 2022 01:50 UTC