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French health authorities are making COVID-19 tests available free of charge without prescription as they closely monitor an uptick in infections after the lifting of lockdown measures. PCR nasal swab tests, which detect COVID-19 infections caused by the novel coronavirus, will be freely available on demand under government orders published on Saturday (Jul 25). Health Minister Olivier Veran said in an interview published in Le Parisien's Sunday edition that for several days, there was a noticeable increase in the number of confirmed cases, which had been in decline for 13 weeks//CNA