The Government has been urged to cap the price of Covid tests for travel following analysis which showed many companies were charging more than £200 for a PCR test.
Analysis of the list of providers which meet minimum testing standards on the Government website, by the Liberal Democrats, shows just 11 per cent of the providers offered tests for under £50, with the cheapest offering prices ranging from £20. Some 24 per cent of the providers were charging more than £200.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid has asked the competition watchdog to investigate the market for travel PCR tests in response to concerns about the cost for families travelling abroad.
It comes as the former head of the Government’s vaccines taskforce has said the traffic light system for overseas travel should be ditched.
Clive Dix, the interim chairman of the taskforce from January to April, told The Telegraph, the complicated system should be replaced with a single list of red countries.
