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Day 2 Lateral Flow tests from Oct 24

onashoestring
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edited 19 May at 3:57PM in Coronavirus Board
The Government has announced the date fully vaccinated travellers will be able to use lateral flow test as Day 2 test - Oct 24th. These will be cheaper than PCR test which is currently required.

You will be able to order the lateral flow tests from 22 October, when a list of approved providers will be published on the gov.uk website.

Fully vaccinated passengers will be told to upload photos of their Covid-19 tests for verification.

NHS Test and Trace tests - which can be ordered for free cannot be used.

Applies to England - the devolved administrations haven’t announced their rules yet.

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  • Butts
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    Ludicrously you can't use the NHS ones which are handed out free like smarties !!
  • pauln
    pauln Posts: 46 Forumite
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    Do these new rules apply to a 16 year old with one vaccination dose and a 12 year old with no vaccinations?
  • onashoestring
    onashoestring Posts: 1,631 Forumite
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    edited 15 October 2021 at 8:08AM
    pauln said:
    Do these new rules apply to a 16 year old with one vaccination dose and a 12 year old with no vaccinations?
    Yes, The fully vaccinated  rules apply to all under 18s. ( regardless of their vaccination status )
  • we arrive in uk on 23rd so i assume we have to use PCR test. Its a pain as family of 5 and coming back to family emergency. shame as lateral flow be so much cheaper for us
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