The First Minister has slammed the UK decision to end lateral flow testing in the plan to 'live with Covid' which the Prime Minister is reportedly set to announce in weeks
Nicola Sturgeon took to Twitter to criticise the decision that was reported on yesterday by The Times which stated that Lateral Flow tests currently used to confirm the Covid diagnosis would be phased out in the Prime Minister's "Live with Covid plan."
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The article reported that the action plan could mean free tests would only be provided in high-risk settings such as care homes, hospitals and schools, and to people with symptoms.
Nicola Sturgeon said: "If UK government is really considering this (the Scottish Government has certainly not signed up to it)
"It is utterly wrongheaded. Hard to imagine much that would be less helpful to trying to ‘live with’ Covid.'"
More than £6 billion of public money has been spent so far on mass testing using the devices.
Earlier this week the Scottish Government announced that a PCR test would no longer be required if you receive a positive lateral flow test result.
The tests are used across the country due to the ability to do the tests at home and the speed of the results.
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Over Christmas the public was advised to take a test before mixing with other households to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant which became the dominant variant last month.
There are currently no plans to phase out the lateral flow devices in Scotland.
