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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nicola Davis Science correspondent

Lateral flow tests could cost care home visitors £73 a month

Resident Doreen with her daughter Sandy at Sunrise of Bassett care home in Southampton, Hampshire
Resident Doreen (left) with her daughter Sandy at Sunrise of Bassett care home in Southampton, Hampshire. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA

Lateral flow tests could cost care home visitors £73 a month, a leading UK charity has said, as it renewed calls to keep the devices free in such settings.

The government has previously announced that free testing for the general public will end from 1 April, and that this will include care home visitors.

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