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Britons have started to plunder the final stocks of free lateral flow tests ahead of them being axed in a fortnight, leaving scores complaining that they can't get any. One train driver said they'd spent the past three days failing to get…

From April 1, free lateral flow tests will no longer be available in England for the vast majority of people. No more will you be able to easily pick up packs for home use. Hundreds of health professionals have taken to social media in…

Families are going from pharmacy to pharmacy demanding multiple packs of free lateral flow tests as Boots cashed in on the shortages and began selling swabs for £5.99 each online today.  Due to the scramble for LFTs, the Government has now…

Lateral flow tests for Covid miss up to eight in ten infections, an analysis has claimed.Birmingham University researchers used modelling based on real-world data to suggest the swabs were up to 10 times less effective at detecting the…

Free lateral flow tests are set to be scrapped in England from next month under the Government's plan to learn to live with Covid, it was claimed today. Leaked documents last month hinted that mass testing would stick around until at least…

Covid lateral flow tests don't work as well on children, according to a study which casts doubt on whether they can curb the spread of the virus in schools.    All secondary school students in Britain are currently encouraged to do LFD…

Concerns that the UK Government will end free lateral flow tests are a “red herring” and therefore the Scottish Government is not making any contingency plans, Professor Jason Leitch has said. Scotland’s National Clinical Director…

A SENIOR UK Government minister has denied reports that free lateral flow tests are to end. The Sunday Times quoted a Whitehall source who told the paper that “it’s likely we will move to a scenario where there is less testing” adding…

Lateral flow tests may be less effective at detecting Omicron even when people are at their most infectious, a US real-world study has found.Researchers at the US Covid Sports and Society Workgroup examined lateral flow and PCR tests…

Lateral flow tests are becoming part of our every day lives as we learn to live with the presence of Covid.  With results coming through in less than 30 minutes, it's a quick and easy way to check if you are carrying the virus. …