CORONAVIRUS Q&A: WATH IS A PRIVATE TEST AND HOW CAN I GET ONE?

The Thelegraph - The NHS does not have the capacity to test the number of people who need it so many are turning to private tests. But do they work? With growing frustration at the Government’s failure to begin testing anyone other than frontline NHS staff and those already ill in hospital, people are looking for an alternative. As more key staff self-isolate, possibly unnecessarily, some are turning to mail-order tests to get the all-clear. Several private clinics and laboratories offer home kits. Summerfield Healthcare has one of the cheaper tests, from £199 to £249. The Private Harley Street Clinic sells a home test kit for £395, and it also covers nine other respiratory viruses, including flu...>>>