Covid in Wales: Can you still get free lateral flow tests?

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Covid in Wales: Can you still get free lateral flow tests?
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With cases on the up in Wales free testing at home is still available for a few more weeks.

The chief medical officer for Wales, Dr Sir Frank Atherton, has said the continued availability of free LFTs to symptomatic people, which cost the government £1m, "should make a difference".

But Covid cases have continued to go up in Wales, as they have in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland where free mass testing was ended sooner.order a rapid test online and have it delivered to your home. If you still qualify, you may be able to order LFTs online if you have an NHS login, or by calling 119. The LFT kit will be mailed to you. People who are eligible forWhat happens when LFTs stop being free at the end of July?and in Northern Ireland since the end of June. Some groups will still be able to get free tests, including frontline NHS staff, care home residents and workers and hospital patients.Yes.

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