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People in the UK: how are you affected by the shortage of Covid tests?

Lateral flow test kits at a Covid test kit centre in Soho on December 29, 2021 in London, England.
Lateral flow test kits at a Covid test kit centre in Soho on December 29, 2021 in London, England. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images

A lack of lateral flow tests (LFTs) in UK pharmacies is a “huge” problem, providers have warned, as Covid lateral flow tests and PCR tests are unavailable to order from the government website for the second day, not even for essential workers.

There are also currently no available appointments for PCR tests at walk-through or a drive-through test sites in England and Northern Ireland, and only very few in Scotland, according to the government website.

We’d like to hear how this lack of available Covid tests is affecting people in the UK and the plans they may have made.

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