The UK Government has acted too soon by ending self-isolation requirements and announcing that Covid testing will be cut back in England, Wales' health minister has claimed.
Boris Johnson told the Commons on February 21 that the legal requirement to self-isolate will end on Thursday, February 24, and testing rules will drastically change from April 1. You can read the timetable for the plans here.
But the Welsh Government's health minister Eluned Morgan has said that there was "very heated" meeting between UK Government, where the cabinet was represented by Michael Gove, and devolved nations. She said the UK Government had not "bottomed out the detail of what they're announcing" and has not thought about how people on low incomes will afford lateral flow tests when their free provision is ended. One estimate was that a box of six would cost around £20.
