In comparison, in Europe people can pick up tests for cheaper – for as little as £1 each in France, £1.80 each in Germany and Spain’s Government has capped them at roughly £2.45.
People in the UK who need to check for Covid-19 face paying £3 per lateral flow test, it is thought., which will see the free provision of lateral flow tests scrapped by April 1.
Dr Alexander Edwards, an associate professor in biomedical technology at Reading University, said: ‘Lateral flow tests are really cheap to manufacture, what costs is making high quality tests, and following all the regulatory requirements.
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