Lateral flow test kits

With the April 1 deadline for free testing approaching, the government has reportedly rationed the number of free tests that can be ordered each day.

Free coronavirus testing is due to end for most people in England on April 1st. Some groups of people will still be able to obtain free coronavirus tests after April 1st. When free testing ends in April, lateral flow tests will be available to buy from pharmacies.

The government has quietly altered its guidance for people in England trying to order free lateral flow tests more than a week earlier than planned in a bid ...

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If the scheme gets the go-ahead, every Portsmouth household will be able to collect five free lateral flow tests a month until the end of June 2022. Lateral Flow Tests: Can you still order free lateral flow tests online, when does free testing end, will lateral flow tests continue to be free in Portsmouth and what are the new isolation rules? However, from April 1, the general population will be unable to access free lateral flow tests. Up until April 1, both lateral flow and PCR tests (for those eligible to order them) have been provided for free by the NHS. But when does free testing end and will lateral flow tests remain free in Portsmouth? FREE lateral flow tests are being scrapped by the government as part of the new Covid-19 strategy for England.

The provision of free tests ends next month, but people are struggling to order them online.

Can you still get free LFTs on the NHS? Yes, free LFTs are still being provided for free via the usual government website but, of course, it depends on the availability of the tests when you put in your order. The cap on the number of tests distributed per day applies to both home delivery test kits and deliveries of test kits to pharmacies. A UKHSA spokesperson told the Manchester Evening News: "As set out in the Living with COVID plan, from 1 April free tests will only be available for certain groups who are at most risk from the virus. But as cases have continued to increase in the UK, people have been struggling to order free LFTs online due to a lack of availability. More of the message reads: "Some people still need tests to stay safe, like: People who are at higher risk It continues: "We want to make sure tests are available for people who need them most." Scotland, however, will offer limited free tests until the end of April, while Wales will keep some testing capacity until July. The changes come after the announcement in February, when the government said that it was no longer a legal requirement to self-isolate if you test positive for Covid in England, but staying at home and avoiding contact with others for five days is still recommended.

The service is being closed as part of the UK plan to live with the virus.

Cheshire West and Chester Council launched the no-symptoms testing service in the borough in December 2020. We’re now moving into a very different stage of living with the virus, which has only been made possible by understanding more about it and by the incredible success of the vaccine programme. Free Covid-19 testing in Cheshire West and Chester comes to an end this month, it has been announced.

The number of free kits available to order online for home delivery and being dispatched to pharmacies each day has been cut in advance of the 1 April date, ...

The website says: “In England, most people without Covid-19 symptoms no longer need to take rapid lateral flow tests… The number of free kits available to order online for home delivery and being dispatched to pharmacies each day has been cut in advance of the 1 April date, as the government tries to ration supplies. People ordering free covid tests online are being asked to declare they will not sell them on for a profit, amid fears that a black market in lateral flow devices could spring up as the deadline approaches.

Users attempting to order a free test kit are now being told by the government that other people may need it more.

“Testing is one of the few tools we still have to reduce transmission among students and staff and the Government must reverse its decision and continue to provide free tests to people working or studying in education settings beyond the end of March and for the foreseeable future.” “The worry is that, once free testing stops as the Government is currently planning, the number of students and staff coming into classrooms with Covid could increase even further, and lead to even more disruption to education. Caroline Derbyshire, chair of the Headteachers' Roundtable group and trust leader for Saffron Academy Trust in Essex, told the PA news agency she had "too many staff off with Covid". She added: “The Government seems to have largely drawn a line under the pandemic and moved on but the evidence coming from our schools and colleges is that business is still very far from being back to normal.