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Old Feb 19, 2021 | 4:22 pm
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Cathay1101
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Originally Posted by Indigo2
I was wondering has anyone had any experience with what's accepted in terms of a certificate for a pre-departure antigen test, in particular the point I've highlighted above (name of test device). I'm flying BER-LHR on Monday and hoping to keep the costs down by using an antigen test for my pre-departure test, but I'm not sure it satisfies the requirements - see attached. This is a certificate from a test centre I've used before and would hope to use this time again. It describes the test device as "a CE-certified rapid antigen test listed by the [German] Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Services", but does not explicitly give the name of the test. Is this sort of thing accepted?




Antigen test certificate
Yes as far as I can see this should be fine - see UK testing requirements - they're no less than 97% specificity and 80% sensitivity. To be safe I'd carry a print-out of the attached which shows there's no specific requirement for PCR... https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavi...vel-to-england
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