Pharmacists fear fewer people will test themselves for Covid at a time when cases are rising.
"If you think about somewhere like west Wales, there aren't that many pharmacies in a 10-mile radius," said Richard Evans from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales."But if you go the big towns, Swansea or Cardiff, there may be two, three or four pharmacies, so there's more of a chance of getting them."Lowri Pugh is a pharmacist in Abersoch, Gwynedd, and said finding LFTs was already proving to be a problem for some.
"So that will have an effect on how many people do the tests, and it will just be more difficult to get hold of them." Anyone with Covid symptoms can order an LFT from the gov.uk website or phone 119, and that people who wish to purchase tests shouldBut Prof Rhys Jones of Aberystwyth University believes the changes will inevitably lead to fewer people testing themselves regularly.
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