Most PCR testing for people with symptoms could be scrapped by end of March in plans to ‘live with virus’
The Treasury is pushing for most free Covid testing to end as soon as next month to save billions despite warnings from public health experts and scientists.
Several sources told the Guardian that Rishi Sunak’s department wants to end most PCR testing for people with Covid symptoms, possibly by the end of March. The exception would be those in hospitals, high-risk settings and for the 1.3m extremely vulnerable people who are eligible for antivirals if they contract Covid.