High street pharmacist Superdrug will be the cheapest place to buy Covid lateral flow tests once we have to start paying for them.
As part of his 'living with Covid' plan, Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that from April 1 free tests will only be available to vulnerable people, reports the Mirror.
Today, Superdrug revealed it would sell a single lateral flow test for £1.99 and a pack of five for £9.79.
The only other pharmacy to announce its prices is Boots, where a single test will cost £5.99 and a pack of four £17. However, the cost of a one-off test will be cut to £2.50 in April.
Several European countries have limits on how much a shop can charge for a lateral flow test, but the UK does not.
For example, in France tests sell for as little as £1, while in Spain no retailer can charge more than £2.45.
Many Brits have started stockpiling lateral flow tests before the new charges come in, resulting in delivery slots for tests being completely booked out at points last week.
The Mirror has approached all other major pharmacies to ask if they would sell lateral flow tests after April 1, and for how much.
Wells Pharmacy said it was still debating, while Lloyds Pharmacy, Rowlands, Tesco Pharmacy and Day Lewis have not yet commented.
