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LONDON: British high-end pharmacy chain Boots said Monday (October 26) that it would drop COVID-19 checks at the store at 120 euros (US$156) according to the asymptomatic check, and that a 12-minute check would be entered. weeks from now.
Boots, a ubiquitous presence in the purchase of grocery stores across the UK, said the service can be used only as a personal verification service before the flight or simply for others who need peace of mind before seeing their friends and family.
The channel has already established a check service for passengers heading to the United Arab Emirates and will begin expanding and expanding the service this week.
Britons with COVID-19 symptoms may get state-funded COVID-19 tests, but ministers spoke of the importance of building capacity for a normal mass that can also run into cases in asymptomatic people.
Boots, which sells medicines, toiletries, good-looking goods and other products, said testing would be conducted first at 10 outlets in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and will expand to more than 50 outlets in the coming years. Weeks.
Boots’ leading executive, Seb James, said the service had upfront costs, but that value could be reduced if it proved popular.
“We hope that the call will be higher and that we can reduce our price,” he told Sky News. “(Also) we know that new technologies are coming in that make testing much cheaper. “
Boots said it would soon implement a COVID-19 control based on a swab that provided effects in 12 minutes, which would also charge 120 euros. James said this had been approved through the UK medical regulator but has not yet been accepted as a pre-flight control service.
Boots asymptomatic service lately uses PCR tests, which can take up to 48 hours to process in labs.
If demand is higher for PCR testing, the service may be deployed at about two hundred outlets in the coming months, Boots said.
As things are, other people who are willing to pay for PCR tests according to the sound clinics, some of whom promise to recover the effects in 24 or 48 hours, will most likely be charged $200 or more according to the test.
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