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Infection expert calls for return of free Covid tests

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Prof Rowland Kao says the government should make the tests free again.

An infection expert has called for lateral flow tests to become free again as a new Covid variant spreads.

Unofficially called “Pirola”, the new BA.2.86 variant is a mutated version of Omicron, which triggered a surge in cases in late 2021 and early 2022.

Prof Rowland Kao from the University of Edinburgh said it was important to track the spread and some people might not be able to afford the tests.

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