Covid testing: the ‘great new game of holiday roulette’

On one day last week, the price of a private PCR test ranged from £23.99 to £575

A sign pointing to a test centre at the Berlin Brandenburg Airport, pictured on 28 July 2021
A sign pointing to a test centre at the Berlin Brandenburg Airport, pictured on 28 July 2021
(Image credit: STEFANIE LOOS/AFP via Getty Images)

Pressure is mounting on the government to intervene over the cost of PCR tests, with more than 100 government-sanctioned providers charging around £200 for the swabs needed to travel abroad this summer.

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