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The entire situation surrounding 'testing to travel' has been a shambles, you could see this coming in November. If there's any bright spot to be gleaned from this weekends variant revelations it may bethat a unified policy across Europe atleast is put in place towards testing with regards to travel.

Want to cross borders? then you need a PCR test - the only accurate method of testing.

All exit points from the country should provide access to testing on site, it's going to come at a cost to the consumer but that's the nature of things and people will pay just to get moving again. The postal testing services are logistically a joke and not fit for purpose when put under any form of load.

Now if only there was a diagnostics company with products to supply that need.

Very sobering figures for the UK today, 35928. Nationwide lockdown inbound immediately after Xmas imo. Testing, testing and more testing.

Belgium have also instituted a ban on UK passengers, Germany is also considering one.

'different tests have different characteristics'

Those characteristics being one's accurate, the other isn't.

Joke of a response from the minister.

It seems the providers of postal tests are already struggling to meet the 72hr window required for travellers. Assured screening this weekend has picked up a load of negative reviews from people who've missed flights having mailed in tests and the lab struggling under the load, they've now extended their results turnaround time from receipt up from 24hrs to 48hrs. At this rate Xmas air travel will be bedlam. I used them at the weekend but physically went to their site for the test, no results yet @ 28hrs. I would seriously advise against using a postal test service if you require a travel test, I cannot see many providers fairing much better as demand ramps up. It was obvious this was going to happen and I suspect it's going to be nightmarish until the logistics of mass testing for travellers is sorted.

Assured screening is honeyman so not novacyt.

It's definitely PCR if it's assured screening (honeyman).

I've just been down to the Barnard castle lab (honeyman) tonight to get covid tests for me and the missus so we can get a flight Tuesday. Test and drop box. Very busy, I can say that much.

The U/T was 781p, it's being held in a range while some one is filling their boots as retail dumps.

Probably because black rock and/or another haven't finished buying yet. We'll know when they have.

Yes, there was a place holder originally

A government spokesman' said: with no text following.

The actual quote has been subsequently added in the last hour, either an error on the journos part or perhaps being a little naughty and got caught out because it changes the context of the article significantly.

Yes, the original article didn't have that quote from 'the government spokesman' It's been edited within the last hour.

That was missing from the original article, it's just been added.

This really doesn't help the airline industry in any meaningful way, a lot of countries (spain already for starters) are going to require a negative PCR test before entry to the country. The best thing the governement can do to get airlines moving again is offer PCR tests through NHS testing, it would simply require the addition of a 'passport No' field to the certificate. As it stands a family of four wanting to travel to the Canary Islands will face a bill of £500+ before they step foot on a plane, then an additional £500 to cut the quarantine time if they are returning from an area which requires a 14 day quarantine. The government thus far has left the airline industry to fend for itself, at this rate we'll lose more carriers before the winter is out unless they step in. Interesting that the start date is 15th December (7 days + 5 Days from the 3rd of December). We may see a further anouncement on this before the end of the week.