PUCCI GALORE

So if one arrives on a Thursday and leaves on a Friday, what does one need to do. Self isolate and then leave the next day?

binman

yes, but as with all of Johnsons ramblings nothing was clear - apparently “Saj” will tell us next week, according to the buffoon.
Meanwhile travels plans and Christmas holidays thrown into confusion and worry for passengers and carriers.

And of course this is all before Europe and ROW start to impose their own entry requirements on 3rd countries and aliens as they too try to protect their populations.

If the EU for example, don’t change their current entry requirements, then it makes Johnson’s policy look like overkill. If they do, then overnight travel will be seriously curtailed. If you need 4 x PCR for a weekend in Europe and have to isolate there and when coming back back, it’s game over!

Bit of a mess

KARFA

very likely same as it was until recently proceed directly to your hotel/home and self isolate there, next day proceed directly to the airport and leave.

A13

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flamengo

I am arriving Friday morning, but have commitments starting from Friday lunchtime. What is the availability of fast turnaround (3 hour) PCR tests at Heathrow, so that I don’t need to self-isolate? The ones I see are for departures (e.g., fit to fly from express test). Is it ok to book these (a test is a test after all)? Just need the quick turnaround otherwise trip is not going to be worthwhile.

KeaneJohn

Id imagine only emergency medical appointments are allowed. If you’ve not had your negative result back I can’t see any hospital, doctors or dentists wanting a potentially covid positive patient amongst them especially if there’s other vulnerable patients around. That was the case with self isolation before but I guess it’depends on the details

CKBA

It seems only a few days ago the UK government was stating that the LFTs were as good as the PCRs Hey ho... .
Also testing passengers after they arrive seems rather idiotic - particularly since it appears that 61 passengers tested postive upon arriving in the Netherlands (and goodness how many others were infected on those 2 flights) - it would seem to be somewhat basic that passengers need to be tested before flying anywhere.

ratechaser

There's a real charming naïf quality coming from this thread. I mean, fancy thinking we'd get anything specific and intelligible out of todays press conference.

Bless

HP28

I’ve emailed Qured to request a refund of my day 2 rapid test

HP28

Was it that bad?

KeaneJohn

Not sure of any fast test on arrival as previously there was test to release on day 5. No doubt there will be people willing to pay a premium for test on arrival with fast results.

with regards to booking the fit to fly test I’d be hesitant foe this as the booking reference is needed for the PLF. I do know the PLF knows the format of test references so you can’t just insert random numbers but I don’t know if it’s clever enough to determine test type. Also you risk being denied boarding if you are not able to provide the check in agents with proof of an acceptable test. If it’s not picked up there and is checked on arrival you’d be potentially making a false declaration on the PLF and subject to whatever penalty comes in.

id imagine the rules will be out within the next 36-48 hours and I suspect lots of fast track testing will be introduced to encompass people with needs like yours.

SonTech

Its because a PCR test can indicate what the variant is. This new strain is a lot easier to spot when doing a PCR than previous ones. LFTs do not tell you what variant it is. This is the whole point of doing PCR tests in this situation, to try and see where the new variant is coming in from.

krispy84

Can we leave the overt political commentary to OMNI please?

Travel plans and Christmas holidays weren’t (100% correctly IMO) considered in the latest changes.

krispy84

Its almost as if the government, despite FTs lack of approbation, has a better idea what to do. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

xenole

As I said elsewhere, I'm not sure what would happen with having to take a PCR if you've had Covid previously.

The recommendations are not to take a PCR test for 90 days afterwards (although could vary source to source).

What if I had it 30 days ago and test positive? Am I supposed to isolate for potentially 2 months, if not longer?