DAY 2 PCR Test – Carried out by a Swab Practitioner at our Drive Through.

Cost: £89 – Monday to Saturday – 11.40am until 3pm. Sunday –  9am till 2pm.

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 Manchester, where they can carry out Genome Sequencing if the result is positive. Based on the journey time and the laboratory turnaround time, we will aim to send out your results by the end of the next day, but this cannot be guaranteed; and it could be the morning after. If we call your test date, Day 0, then your results could be sent to you by the end of Day 1 or on the morning of Day 2. (The majority of results are sent the next day.)

You can have the day 2 PCR test if you are fully vaccinated with a vaccine that is on the UK government’s approved list and you had the final dose at least 14 days before travel. If you are unsure if your vaccine is accepted, please click on the link below.

Approved COVID-19 vaccines and countries and territories with approved proof of vaccination – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

If your vaccine is not approved or you are not fully vaccinated and you are arriving from a country not on the red list, then you must have a Day 2 PCR and a Day 8 PCR test and quarantine at home for 10 days. Please go to Covid tests in the menu above and select Day 2 PCR and Day 8 PCR Package

For further information about the test please scroll down the page.

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