Free lateral flow tests are no longer available to most people in Northern Ireland
While the scheme ended in the rest of the UK in May, Stormont's Department of Health retained the measure.testing will be more "targeted to protect the most vulnerable"Staff within the health service and people eligible for new Covid treatments will still be able to access the free tests.The Office for National Statistics suggests that as of 8 August, about one in 50 people in Northern Ireland have had Covid.
"Our advice has moved away from something that's focused on Covid towards something that's focused on other respiratory viruses as well," she said. "As we move into autumn we do expect other respiratory viruses to start to re-emerge, we expect to see flu coming back, we expect things like RSV [respiratory syncytial virus].
"So it doesn't really matter what the virus is, if you're sick, you've got a temperature, you don't feel well enough to work, please stay at home and stay away from people who are vulnerable.""If things start to change we will keep the reintroduction of everything - including free testing - under consideration."
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