// Tesco to stock £2 lateral flow tests in store and online from Friday
// The Big Four grocer has signed a deal with healthcare firm Everything Genetic
Tesco will begin stocking £2 lateral flow tests in store and online as of tomorrow, as the government ends access to free tests.
The Big Four grocer has signed a deal with healthcare firm Everything Genetic to sell the £2 kits, which are “less than a price of a takeaway coffee”.
The tests will be available in more than 1,500 stores across the UK, as well as online customers in London. It will be rolled out nationally in May.
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The lateral flows have a clinical performance of 96.1%, and a 100% specificity in detecting Coronavirus.
They were recently approved by the UK Health Security Agency’s Medical Devices Regulations 2021 (CTDA).
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