Covid test Question

[Derek]

Not quite right Ian.

Only applies to England at present and it is only the pre departure test that is being abolished meaning the day two test still needs to be done.

Hopefully I have read it correctly.

Derek

[Tony Gillam]

It's a bit rich really requiring an inward travel test when we have the worst infection rate in Europe.

[Pewster]

I said back in February that the whole U.K. testing policy was about putting money back in the U.K. treasury and not about health, this latest move is proof beyond doubt.

[Alicante Holiday Villas]

The latest rules were posted yesterday on a pinned post on our Facebook page 

https://www.facebook.com/AlicanteHolidayVillas/

[Derek]

Jazzed up a little by the Government re

Fully vaccinated travellers will NOT NEED an expensive Day 2 PCR

Reason you do not need a PCR test presently.

Derek

[Spurs]

It's a bit rich really requiring an inward travel test when we have the worst infection rate in Europe.

We only have the worst infection rate because we are doing 4 times as many tests as anywhere in Europe .To count as a covid case or death you have to test first .
The uk total excess deaths which includes all deaths whether covid or not is lower than most of Europe , which proves that there are many more cases and deaths in all of Europe than are being recorded .

Unfortunately the covid cases is a very easy stat to look good at if you don’t test

[Pewster]

Fully vaccinated travellers will NOT NEED an expensive Day 2 PCR


Derek

All travellers will still need the day 2 PCR until at least the end of October ( they need to ensure the half term revenue ) regardless of if they’re double jabbed.

Incidentally, expert medical who were the cheapest day two at £28 have now been removed from the government list along with a few others. The cheapest one you’ll find now is around the £50 mark.
So it’s still costing nearly as much to return to the U.K. as it was previously, only difference is all the moneys going into the U.K. and not some to the departure countries.
It certainly provides more freedom mind you, you’re free to board the plane with covid, then wander around the U.K. for two days infecting others before you have to take the test.

[Derek]

Well just shows how confusing the rules are first Ian had it wrong and now you have. You do not need a PCR test either for the pre departure test or the day two test. Go to the government web site and check before becoming an expert on the subject just like I am.  antigen test being the cheaper test is what is required.

[Derek]

You also have the price wrong. I have just paid £40.

[Derek]

Not nearly the same. Day two remains exactly as it was and you save 40 Euros by not needing the pre departure test. Hard to twist this into no savings really 🙂🙂

[Derek]

I am sitting on the ferry to Santander right now what a bore. Just had cold curry. How the poor live. Nearly did not make it. Found out the hard way that there are two ports in Plymouth having joined the queue at the wrong port. Got myself out of that mess. Found the right port and fell asleep whilst waiting to load. Woke up to find the other cars had boarded. However finally made it on broad.

[NickiH]

We have done the Plymouth to Santander Ferry crossing a couple of times and didn’t realise there were 2 terminals either, and we live close to Plymouth 😂

[Blue and white stripes]

Expert Medical were still advertising their £28 Day 2 test yesterday. No longer needing a pre-departure test before leaving Spain will save me €35/40 a time.
Derek, I did Portsmouth - Santander a few years ago. I had the satisfaction of watching all the badly behaved, cocky, 'we own the place' school kids who left Portsmouth throwing their guts up over the Bay of Biscay. At that point I decided there was a God. :-)

[ian-steele]

Am still confused, what is the day 2 test when arriving back in UK, where do I get it, can u use the home testing kit ?

[Spurs]

Am still confused, what is the day 2 test when arriving back in UK, where do I get it, can u use the home testing kit ?

Hi Ian you cannot use the nhs tests for day 2 you have to buy one. Up until 3rd Oct it has to be a pcr test after that a lateral flow / antigen test will do. Again you have to buy them I use testing for all which are posted to you then you post them back and get result texted to you. . You need the unique number they give you after you have paid to put on your uk locator form before you arrive at border control.