PCR test and New Year

Mr_Falling_Star

Hi there

My partner has got a test back saying she has got Covid19 and needs to self isolate from today. I am not feeling great myself and have taken the day off work and am next due in New Year's day. I cannot cannot get a PCR test at a test site at the moment. I have asked one to be posted to me. However I start a new job on the 10th and I don't want to have to ring up and say I have to self isolate. If the test arrives tomorrow and I get it posted off in the morning does anyone know (or can give an educated guess) when I will get my results given the New Year holiday? 

I am fully vaccinated and have had my booster about a fortnight ago

Thanks in advance

Lorian

Somewhere between the 2nd and the 5th would be my guess, assuming not too much delay from royal mail. make sure its gets in a priority mailbox before the cutoff time. Pick one next to/near sorting office if you can. You'll know if the test is arriving tomorrow as yiu will get a tracked 24 notification by text later if you are. 
No option to lateral flow in the meantime?

Mr_Falling_Star

Lorian said:

Somewhere between the 2nd and the 5th would be my guess, assuming not too much delay from royal mail. make sure its gets in a priority mailbox before the cutoff time. Pick one next to/near sorting office if you can. You'll know if the test is arriving tomorrow as yiu will get a tracked 24 notification by text later if you are. 
No option to lateral flow in the meantime?

At the moment I can't get a lateral flow but I am keeping an eye on the chemists. I think I am right in saying the isolation starts from when you got the symptoms?

KxMx

Definitely post before the cut off tomorrow if it arrives to you, but there are no collections or deliveries Saturday or Monday, so unless there is a special arrangement for covid tests, it won't get to the lab until Tuesday at the earliest.

You should not be leaving home to get a lateral flow test from a chemist.

Check gov.uk for the latest isolation advice. 

Mr_Falling_Star

Thanks to everyone, I got up early and got a PCR test at a site