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Covid testing firm calls for end to testing for travel

Government
Will Payne
21 January 2022

Covid testing firm Collinson has called for Day 2 testing for travellers returning to the UK to be scrapped, effectively ending all testing for travel.

Travellers will no longer be required to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test to enter

Dr Simon Worrell, global medical director of Collinson, told the BBC: "As soon as we can drop it, we will be delighted."

Currently, all those aged five and over arriving in England must take a supervised lateral flow test test within 48 hours of their arrival.

Earlier this week, prime minister Boris Johnson said the government was reviewing its testing rules and that an update from the health secretary would follow "in the coming days".