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Here's how testing for Covid-19 will be changing in the UK from April 1

Free Covid-19 testing for the general public is set to end today (April 1), meaning most UK residents will no longer be afforded free PCR or lateral flow tests.

A number of high-risk groups will still have access to free tests, however.

This group includes frontline NHS staff and patients, as well as those in other high-risk settings like care homes, domestic abuse refuses, prisons and immigration removal centres. People at risk of serious-illness from Covid-19, and eligible for treatment, will also continue to receive free tests if they develop symptoms.

Most visitors to the high-risk settings listed above will no longer need to provide proof of a test in order to complete their visit, and guests with symptoms may be allowed in under exceptional circumstances.

Those wishing to test themselves can still buy lateral flow tests online or from a pharmacy.

The changes come as part of the government's Living with Covid Plan, which was announced last month, and lays out the government's strategy for managing the virus in the near-future.

All you need to know about changes to Covid-19 testing in England