Free Covid testing in Scotland has been now scrapped in some forms which means that the public can no longer order LFTs to be send straight to their doors like they used to.
According to NHS Inform, most people no longer need to test regularly when they do not have coronavirus symptoms with LFT's now being used in a "targeted way to protect the most vulnerable."
Free access to LFTs ended on April 18 - except for those working in health and social care and for people visiting vulnerable individuals in care homes or hospitals.
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Now if people want to test before they head to a big event - or simply want to test to make sure they're not asymptomatic - they will now have to purchase it from the likes of their local pharmacy.
One shop which has now stocked up on test kits is Aldi - and they're now on sale with many shoppers eager to stock up.
Sharing her find with others, a member of Aldi UK shoppers Facebook group took to the online platform and informed it's 208.7k members that they had found "a new buy in Aldi this morning."
Aldi's 'Deepblue Covid-19 Sars-cov-2 Antigen Test Kit' which comes as a pack of five was priced at £9.49 however it is now £9.29.
And despite the small price deduction of just 20p, shoppers have said it's still worth getting as they are cheaper than most retailers such as Boots.
At present the health and beauty retailer are selling a similar pack of five for £9.80 called 'Flowflex Antigen Rapid Test Lateral Flow Self-Testing Kit'.
This means that for one test it costs just £1.86 from Aldi compared to Boots' £1.96 - when broken down - a saving of 10p per single unit.
Taking to the comments on said: "All these people making out how inconvenienced they are because of Covid. Try watching your Family die horrible deaths from Covid & see how much more inconvenienced your life becomes! You have no idea what it’s like!"
Another added: "I’m so glad we’ve a stash of them!"
A third said: "Covid is no joke I was in hospital last week with it I'm on day 8 and still testing positive think how many people I could have infected if I'd just treated it as cold virus."
A fourth wrote: "Cheaper than Boots and stuff though."
A fifth added: "£10.00 in aldi for 3.. no one will pay these prices especially when they have covid in family and need to test other members regularly.. people won’t bother and just go around spreading it."
