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The Transport Secretary is expected to scrap the arrival tests later this month (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid arrival tests ‘to be axed’ for fully vaccinated returning to UK

The new measures applies in England from 11 January (Photo: Getty Images)

Crucial Covid rule change affecting use of PCR tests takes effect today

Covid testing kit. (Pic credit: Jason Chadwick)

What are the new Covid testing rules in England?

A woman taking a lateral flow test in a household in Devon. The UK Health Security Agency have said people in England without coronavirus symptoms who have a positive lateral flow test will no longer need a confirmatory PCR test from January 11

Confirmatory PCR tests for people who test positive via lateral flow scrapped

100,000 critical workers to get daily lateral flow tests from next week

Boris Johnson. Photo by KIRSTY O'CONNOR/POOL/AFP via Getty Images.

Smokescreen over infections only benefits Government - Yorkshire Post Letters

A lateral flow test result is interpreted by the two letters on the device (Photo: Shutterstock)

What it means if Covid lateral flow test result shows a faint red line

As the Omicron variant of Covid continues to spread across the UK, you may be wondering if the symptoms differ from other strains of the virus (Photo: Shutterstock)

The 'surprising' Omicron variant symptom that can appear when eating

A woman wearing a protective mask walks her dog on the Esplanade du Trocadero square in front of the Eiffel Tower in March 2020 (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

France travel: UK traveller restrictions to be tightened - what are the new rule...

Mobile Covid testing unit. (Pic credit: Bruce Fitzgerald)

How do you know if you have Omicron?

Vaccination Centre. (Pic credit: Stu Norton)

How effective are Covid vaccines, current tests and treatments against Omicron?

Everyone must self-isolate for 10 days if they come into contact with a case of the Omicron variant (Photo: Getty Images)

New Covid isolation laws to stay until March - with £10k fine for rule break

People wearing masks traveling on the London Underground.

Millions more could be eligible for booster vaccine as Omicron cases rise

Investors will be looking for reassurance from EasyJet this week. Picture: David Parry/PA Wire

EasyJet to reveal £1bn losses after covid travel curbs

EasyJet is set to reveal losses hit more than £1bn last year as Covid wreaked havoc on the travel industry.

Lizzie Murphy

The new test detects intact virus particles and gives an accurate result in five minutes

University of Sheffield researchers develop 'quicker, more accurate' Covid test

Alastair Smith, CEO of Avacta Group

Avacta suspends UK Covid test sales while it waits for new approval

Bristol Airport

Travel test rules set to change - what you need to know

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said ministers hope to announce in the next few days the switch from a PCR to a lateral flow test for eligible fully-vaccinated travellers taking their day-two Covid test (Photo: Shutterstock)

PCR Covid tests to be scrapped ‘before half-term’ - which could save families £2...

New rules to make travel to the UK from overseas easier and simpler have come into force (Photo: JORGE GUERRERO/AFP via Getty Images)

UK’s travel rules change: what you need to know as amber list is scrapped

Number of ‘red list’ countries for international travel set to be slashed this week (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Number of ‘red list’ countries for international travel set to be slashed this w...

Ryanair will launch 14 new routes from the UK this winter (Photo: Getty Images)

Ryanair is launching 14 new routes this winter to destinations across Europe

A testing centre at an airport. (Pic credit: Tolga Akmen / Getty Images)

What is a PCR test? Covid test explained

The government will remove some 57 companies from its list on Monday (23 August) as they no longer exist, or do not provide the relevant tests required for travel (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Cowboy’ Covid travel test providers to be struck off Gov.uk list over misleadin...

People who have been fully vaccinated can still transmit the Delta variant (Photo: Getty Images)

Vaccinated people can still pass on Delta variant - but protection remains high

TUI cancels more holidays amid uncertainty over travel restrictions Chelsea Rocks

International travel rules in the Covid pandemic are continuing to cause chaos and confusion, writes Jayne Dowle.

Holiday chaos is a price worth paying for my family – Jayne Dowle

Tourists sunbathe at Magaluf Beach in Calvia, on the Balearic Island of Mallorca. British holidaymakers heading to the Balearic Islands will need to show a negative PCR test or proof of vaccination due to a rise in UK Covid infections, Spain said, reversing a free-entry policy. (Photo by JAIME REINA/AFP via Getty Images)

PCR tests and the 'decline in basic geography' - Yorkshire Post Letters

Holidaymakers from England will no longer be required to self-isolate for 10 days on their return (Getty Images and Shutterstock)

Fully-vaccinated people to be allowed quarantine-free travel to amber list count...

Travellers hoping to visit Ibiza, Majorca or Mallorca must now show either proof of two vaccinations or a negative PCR test taken with the last 48 hours on landing. Pictured: Leeds Bradford Airport

Confusion for Balearic Islands travellers as rules change around PCR tests

Dr Alastair Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Avacta Group

'Avacta Group's lateral flow tests can detect Delta variant of Covid-19'

The UK government will review the travel list on 24 June (Photo: Getty Images)

When the foreign travel list will be updated - and the countries that could move...

A person is tested for coronavirus (photo: PA Wire)

Surge testing in Wakefield and Pontefract after rise in Delta variant cases

No “variants of concern” were reported among any passengers returning from amber countries (Photo: Getty Images)

Just 1 in every 200 travellers from amber list countries testing positive for Co...

Surge testing to be deployed in Calderdale

Covid Delta variant: Surge testing to be deployed in these Calderdale areas

The new test allows you to take a swab from the mouth instead of the nose (Photo: Getty Images)

No more horrible nose swabs with new saliva-based Covid test for holidays

Holidaymakers will be offered cheap £20 Covid tests - what we know so far

PCR type Covid-19 tests cost about £120 each (Photo: Getty Images)

How much PCR Covid tests will cost to go on holiday this summer

Plans to introduce a pre-departure proof of a negative coronavirus test result have been delayed. (Pic: Getty Images)

Covid test for travel: why has it been delayed and when will it start?

Zak Crawley of Kent celebrates after reaching his century during the T20 Vitality Blast 2020 between Hampshire and Kent Spitfires at The Ageas Bowl on September 14, 2020 in Southampton, England. (Picture: Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

England underway in Sri Lanka as Zak Crawley eyes Test impact

Spain and the Canary Islands now require a negative Covid test from all UK visit...

Patient-facing NHS staff in England will be tested for Covid-19 twice a week (Image: Ben Birchall/PA Wire)

NHS staff in England to receive Covid-19 tests twice a week

Handout photo issued by TOXI-Triage project of a breath test device that is currently being developed by scientists involved in the TOXI-Triage project. A non-invasive Covid-19 breath test that delivers results "within one minute" is being developed by UK scientists. PA Wire

Breath test ‘could diagnose Covid-19 within one minute’

Maldives, Denmark, Canary Islands and Mykonos have been removed from the UK’s qu...

Everything you need to know about the new test for coronavirus (Photo: Shutterstock)

A new coronavirus saliva test is being trialled in the UK - here’s how it works

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