LONDON, Aug 14 ― Britain said yesterday it was cutting the cost of Covid-19 tests for travel from the National Health Service (NHS) and was reviewing the list of private providers to ensure pricing is transparent, warning it would clamp down on misleading pricing. Testing is free for people with...
LONDON, Aug 14 ― Britain said yesterday it was cutting the cost of Covid-19 tests for travel from the National Health Service and was reviewing the list of private providers to ensure pricing is transparent, warning it would clamp down on misleading pricing.
The travel industry, which has been hammered by the pandemic, has long complained that the costs of tests are too high. People arriving from green and amber-list destinations must take at least one such test to avoid fines of up to £2,000 .
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