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The price of coronavirus travel tests has actually escalated over the past week despite repeated Government promises to drive down the cost, the Mail can reveal.
Even though ministers have repeatedly pledged to make travel testing more affordable, the official government website for booking ‘gold standard’ PCR tests has instead seen prices rise by 60 per cent.
Analysis shared with the Mail suggests the average cost for a package of two PCR tests advertised by the 50 cheapest government-approved providers was £46 on Thursday.
But last night it stood at £75 – an increase of 63 per cent in just four days.
And in reality, the true cost facing families is likely to be much higher – with the average price usually twice as high as the one listed once the tests are actually booked.
Analysis shared with the Mail suggests the average cost for a package of two PCR tests advertised by the 50 cheapest government-approved providers was £46 on Thursday. But last night it stood at £75 – an increase of 63 per cent in just four days (Pictured: Citoswab Coronavirus Home Test Kit)
This is because, when holidaymakers click through to the companies’
