Lateral flow tests are being rationed ALREADY
The Government has started secretly rationing free Coronavirus home testing kits amid fears of a rush ahead of them being phased out. ‹ Slide me › Before and after: The rules used to allow a test every 24 hours but it is now every 72 hours People worried about the availability of tests in the future have started stockpiling them Some Twitter users posted about stockpiling to try and make sure they could be tested Free testing is incredibly expensive and looks to be phased out for most people in the UK Another added: 'Looks like the Lateral Flow Tests system has already changed ahead of PM's announcements today.' Boris Johnson will unveil his 'living with Covid' strategy later today, with the Prime Minister expected to lay out a timetable for axing public access to lateral flow and PCR swabs. Pictured above is a mobile testing unit in Windsor in early February Covid infections plummet by 37% in a week to 25,696 cases Covid infection rates plummeted by more than a third on last week yesterday — as Boris Johnson prepared Britain to fully exit Covid restrictions. No10's business minister Paul Scully today said the Government 'cannot continue forevermore spending £2billion a month on tests'.



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