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Cost: £89 – Monday to Saturday – 8am until 11am. Sunday – 9am till 11am.
If you are not fully vaccinated, you are legally required to have the Day 2 test on or before Day 2 after your arrival into the UK. The day you arrive in the UK is treated as Day 0. You can book an appointment for Day 0, Day 1 or Day 2.
Your sample will be couriered to a specialist laboratory in Oxford, where they can carry out Genome Sequencing if the result is positive.
For information on testing for children, please visit this link: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-to-england-from-another-country-during-coronavirus-covid-19
Please do not eat/drink anything or chew gum at least 30 minutes before having your swab taken.
Invalid results
On very rare occasions, a person’s swab sample will not provide a valid result. In this instance we will contact you to attend for another test.
The tests we use
The tests are CE marked and approved by the Department of Health.
What if you test positive
Immediately isolate yourself to prevent spreading the virus. Make an appointment for an NHS PCR test. You can also contact the NHS on 111 to get advice on what to do next.
What your result document shows
Testing Children
Children aged 4 and under, do not have to take any COVID-19 travel tests at all.
Children from 0-17 who are resident in the UK, or in a country with an approved proof of vaccination-programmes, do not have to quarantine on arrival in England.
To see if your country of residence is on the approved Covid 19 Vaccination programme, please click here:
Approved vaccines and the list of countries and territories with approved COVID-19 proof of vaccination for travel to England. www.gov.uk |
Children aged 5 to 17 who are resident in the UK, or in a country with an approved proof of vaccination-programmes, will still need to have a Day 2 Lateral Flow Test.
Children aged 5 to 17 who are resident in any country that is not on the approved proof of vaccination-programmes list must:
The optional Day 5 Test to Release is also available to come out of quarantine earlier.
If you need help or have a query, click here to arrange a call back. We will call you back within 24 hours.
If you are travelling within 48 hours and you have an urgent enquiry or need help booking, please call us on 01202 583920.
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