France has stopped offering Covid tests free of charge for everyone, in the government's latest effort to incite holdouts to get vaccinated against the virus, according to AFP.

The tests were free-of-charge while France's vaccination drive got into full swing, but the government said it did not view them as an alternative to vaccinations once everybody who wanted a jab could easily get one.

The nearly seven million adults in France who are not, or only partly, vaccinated will now have to pay between 22 and 44 euros ($25-$50) per test.