Pre departure Covid travel tests to be scrapped
[link:https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59876063|
The rules on testing are to be eased for people travelling to England, the government has announced, following calls from the travel industry.
From 04:00 GMT on Friday, fully vaccinated travellers coming to England will no longer have to take a test before they travel.
And from Sunday, rather than taking a PCR test on day two of arrival, they can take a cheaper lateral flow.
The rules for self-isolating on arrival will also change.
The shake-up was confirmed by Boris Johnson earlier, following calls from travel firms who said the measures were not effective now that Omicron was spreading widely.
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Frankly, I have to agree with this. I’ve always wondered what the point of these tests are 72 hours in advance. Be good until your test, then party hardy until departure.