Pricey PCR tests axed for half-term in big boost for tourism industry

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UK to scrap £100-a-go PCR tests in favour of £20 lateral flow swabs

PCR tests, which cost more than £100 each, will be replaced with cheaper rapid lateral flow swabs from October 24.

 

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