Flying to the US and Covid

mparter

My wife, daughter and I are due to fly to New York on the 6th July.

Today the three of us have tested positive after avoiding it for 2 years (my daughters a student nurse and avoided it while on placements and catches it while at home!).

I understand that ordinarily you can get a test the day before you fly and use that for boarding the flight. But there’s also a provision for those that have tested positive within 90 days of flying to get a letter from a healthcare professional stating you are fit to fly.

Would it be better for the 3 of us to get a doctors letter for flying or is getting a lateral flow at a test centre the day before flying still the best option? There’s obviously the outside chance of one of us still testing positive which would be chaos.

bagand96

Getting a lateral flow test will most certainly be the cheaper option - a supervised lateral flow test available from £20pp (note it doesn't have to be at a clinic, can be done at home via video call).

The letter from a healthcare professional will cost upwards of £50pp, and they'll want to see a positive result certificate in the first place which are becoming harder to come by without paying.