Launch of Covid traveller tests portal descends into farce – before the website crashes within hours The Department of Health launched the list ahead of rule changes tomorrow But the list of firms contained several which did not actually offer the rapid swabs Some firms were understood to have received as many as 9,000 orders
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The launch of a new Covid traveller tests portal descended into farce yesterday as listed companies displayed no stock and advertised ‘misleading’ prices – before the website crashed within hours.
The Department of Health launched the list ahead of rule changes tomorrow allowing double-jabbed holidaymakers to take a rapid lateral flow test by day two of their return rather than a far pricier PCR swab.
But the list of firms contained several