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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Zoe Wood Consumer affairs correspondent

Tesco starts selling lateral flow kits as free testing in England ends

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Tesco is selling kits made by Everything Genetic for £2 per test, while Boots has dropped its price to match the supermarket from £2.50. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters

Tesco is selling lateral flow tests in 1,5oo stores, many without pharmacies, as a high street price war sees kits go on sale for less than the price of a takeaway coffee.

As universal free testing ended in England on Thursday, the UK’s biggest retailer said the £2 individual tests, from healthcare firm Everything Genetic, would be available in its supermarkets and, from May, across the country on its website.

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