Yahoo News Free COVID tests: Who will and won't have to pay from this Friday?
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New COVID rules mean that most people will have to pay to be tested for the virus in England.
Free universal testing will end on Friday, 1 April, as part of the government's 'living with COVID' strategy.
The move comes despite rising numbers of cases in much of the country.
The Department for Health and Social Care has said it wants to "manage the virus like other respiratory infections" as free tests are phased out.
Most people living in England will have to pay for tests, although vulnerable people can still get swabs for free.
Those still eligible for free tests include:
Some hospital patients
These patients will receive PCR tests in hospitals where it is required for their care.
Some people at high risk of severe COVID
These people might be eligible for COVID treatments which help alleviate their symptoms.
People in this group will be sent lateral flow tests to keep at home for use if they have symptoms.
Some people who live or work in 'high-risk settings'
This includes some care home and hospice staff and residents, NHS workers and prison staff.
People will also be tested before being discharged from hospital into care homes, hospices, homelessness settings and domestic abuse refuges.
Some NHS and social care staff without symptoms
These workers can get free tests when there are high rates of infection in the community, even if they do not have symptoms.
But most visitors to adult social care settings, and visitors to the NHS, prisons or places of detention will no longer be required to get tested.
Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said the move to offer free tests to healthcare workers was "a victory for common sense".
He added: "As rates of coronavirus and hospital admissions continue to be high and with one in 16 people in England believed to have the virus currently, stripping this access from those who care for some of the most vulnerable in our society would have been a massive error."
