8 Apr, 2020 @ 14:02
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British expats can pay to have coronavirus test on Spain’s Costa del Sol from next week

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ANY expat or local can now pay for a coronavirus test at the Cenyt hospital in Estepona. 

The blood tests are available by private appointment from April 13 and will cost €45.

Patients will have to wait just 15 minutes for the result and can request the test whether they are showing symptoms or not.

According to Diario Sur, the hospital purchased 10,000 BIOSYNEX COVID-19 BSS tests from Switzerland.

People can make a reservation by phone on 952 808 100.

The hospital is currently negotiating with private insurers to cover the cost of the test.

The private health provider is also donating several units of the test to Fundación Residencia Virgen del Carmen de Estepona.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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