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SPAA calls for level playing field on testing costs

Government
James Chapple
20 May 2021

Scots are being disproportionally stung by the cost and complexity of, as well as access to, Covid testing for overseas travel, according to the Scottish Passenger Agents’ Association (SPAA).

SPAA members at an earlier protest

The SPAA has criticised the government for insisting that the day two and day eight tests for those returning from amber and red list countries must be booked via a single supplier at a fixed rate.


It is calling for tests from a wider range of testing providers to be permissible under the Scottish government’s Covid border regime, particularly when they meet the same standards as those mandated by Holyrood.


Restrictions on international travel to and from Scotland were lifted on Monday (17 May) after the Scottish government adopted the same traffic light system and green list set out by Westminster.