The travel company said data showed only 354 or 5% of positive tests from travellers had been genomically sequenced in one three-week period in July, which called into the question the purpose of the government insisting on PCR tests for international travel.
“On this basis, the government is either not terribly concerned about new variants or believe only a very small number of tests are needed to establish them,” said Trailfinders in a blog.
“With only one in 1,412 tests of returning travellers sequenced, are day two and day eight PCR tests contrived to discourage travel, rather than aid health control?”
