Covid tests for holidaymakers could fall below £50
The Treasury could choose to exempt the tests from VAT
18 April 2021 • 9:00pm
Private Covid tests for summer holidaymakers could fall below £50 under plans being considered by the Treasury to exempt them from VAT.
The Telegraph can reveal.
Now senior sources say the Treasury could go further and fully exempt the tests from the charge which can add 20 per cent to the price which can range from £60 to £300 per test. The exemption would mean a saving of roughly between £40 and £240 for a family of four for a single test each on their return.
For those travelling from “amber list” countries, they will continue to have to take two PCR tests on days two and eight of their 10-day quarantine at home. The same is required of those arriving from “red list” countries who have to quarantine in Government-approved hotels.
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Private firms profiteering as they charge holidaymakers £300 a Covid test
Tests add £1,000 to the price of a holiday for a family of four despite processing charges only costing £20
Private Covid testing firms have been accused of profiteering with charges that can add up to £1,000 to the cost of a family of four’s summer holiday.
The firms are charging up to £300 for a single PCR test despite the chemical processing costing little more than £20, an investigation by The Telegraph has found.
The cheapest companies on the official list of Government-approved firms are charging as little as £60 for providing PCR test results within a day.
Study uncovers molecular reason why fecal transplants effectively treat C. difficile infections
Experts have uncovered a new molecular reason why fecal transplants are highly effective in treating infections such as
C. difficile (a nasty bacteria that can infect the bowel), which could lead to more targeted treatments for this and other similar diseases.
The study, published today in
Gastroenterology, was led by experts from the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University.
Clostridium difficile, also known as
C. difficile or
C. diff, is a bacterium that can infect the bowel and cause diarrhea. The infection most commonly affects people who have recently been treated with antibiotics. It can spread easily to others. A stool transplant - or to give it its full title a fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) - aims to repopulate the patient s gut with the microbes from a healthy person, making it a successful therapy against
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