London is facing a PCR testing collection bin fiasco as customers are being forced to pay more to courier their tests to the lab or leave it on the streets due to overflowing bins.
The testing firm Randox told customers to pay for swabs to be couriered to their lab if they aren't happy to leave them piled up on the street as it was revealed it has made at least £120 million during the pandemic.
Randox also denied claims that personal information was 'left for anyone to take' because of the piles of uncollected tests or that the 'absolute mess' outside pharmacies was the reason for any delayed test results, reported Dailymail.
Forced to pay @RandoxOfficial over the odds for Day 2 PCR test, drive 30 mins to drop off sample because so few collection points only to find it over-flowing and insecure. Covid travel rip off. @SimonCalder @PPaulCharles pic.twitter.com/inuoxykDPI
Northern Ireland-based Randox Health, the UK's largest Covid-19 PCR testing provider with a turnover of £118 million-a-year, is one of the companies offering the service, with drop off points for samples in 100 locations.
The 'absolute mess' in Britain's 'rip off' PCR testing system...
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