Day 2 Lateral Flow tests from Oct 24

onashoestring

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.

Butts

Ludicrously you can't use the NHS ones which are handed out free like smarties !!

pauln

Do these new rules apply to a 16 year old with one vaccination dose and a 12 year old with no vaccinations?

onashoestring

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 )

steve1971j

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