The Welsh Government have explained why people returning from overseas holidays to Wales have to pay so much more for a PCR test.
There is a real cost discrepancy for travellers coming into Wales compare to England.
In Wales, the cost for amber country arrivals is two PCR tests that cost £170 in total, and for green country arrivals one PCR test that costs £88.
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Wales and Scotland use the same system but travellers arriving in England and Northern Ireland can choose from other suppliers, some of who charge £48 for one test and £96 for a pair.
Speaking at the last Welsh Government press conference said that the reason for the different price was because the Welsh tests were more reliable and fed directly into patients records.
He said: "We require people to take an NHS PCR test. There are very good reasons for that. First of all we can be confident of the quality of the tests people area taking. This is a proper NHS test that you take in wales. Secondly we have a guarantee that the results of that tests are conveyed immediately into the patient record. So if somebody falls ill or a PCR test turns out to be positive then that information is immediately available to the medical team that will then attend to that persons needs.
"I understand the point that it is a bit more expensive than other tests you can buy but there are good reasons for why we do things in Wales and at this point at least we have no plans to alter our current regime."
Mr Drakeford also reiterated his desire for people not to go overseas for a holiday.
"Our advice is that this is the year not to travel abroad," he said. "Travel aboard to amber list countries brings real risks with it. Risks of reimporting the virus, risks of importing new variants of the disease that we see developing in many other parts around the globe.
"It is certainly not risk free so that is why we need to have some preventative measures when people return."
