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Government lateral flow test portal buckles upon launch

Government
James Chapple
22 October 2021

The government launched its Day 2 lateral flow test portal on Friday morning (22 October), but the service was frequently unavailable – while the cheapest option has already sold out.

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Access to the find-travel-test-provider.service.gov.uk/providers page, to which travellers are redirected from the government’s travel advice, was patchy for much of the morning.

However, when TTG was able to access the page, the cheapest test – a £14.94 home testing kit provided by C-19 – was already sold out, with C-19 saying more stock would arrive next week.

Prices typically range from £20 to £40, although pricing for a number of providers is currently listed as £null. TTG was also unable to filter the list by price without the site producing another error message.