Rejected petition Fund FREE Covid-19 travel testing package through the Test to Release Scheme

This is an urgent message that needs to reach the UK government as the British nationals are facing a huge crisis on arrival, in their country.
The UK government needs to fund free Covid19 testing package for passengers travelling from an international country Or REMOVE the travel testing package

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Currently, passengers arriving in the UK are required to pay £210 for travel testing package and have to quarantine for 10 days at an accommodation. The rule of 10 days quarantine is absolutely fine. But, why should the passengers pay £210 for Coronavirus testing on arrival in their own country. When in average the coronavirus testing only cost around £50 on average. Is the UK running out of money after Brexit? REMOVE this rule of make the testing FREE.

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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/575118.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

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Date submitted 23 February 2021
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