travellers take the most expensive type of Covid tests, claiming passengers are being “ ripped off

replace the expensive PCR tests with cheaper lateral flow tests. Travel industry chiefs are, however

FREE PCR tests will be axed within weeks as part of Boris Johnson’s plan to live with Covid. The PM

tests and day two PCR tests “ due to significant concerns at the impact on public health.” The

For a family of five, this would add more than ￡400 to the cost of a trip abroad.... Government guidance says that if travellers' test results are delayed, they must stay in self-isolation until they receive them or until two weeks after arrival-whichever is sooner. Anyone with a positive result must self-isolate at home for 10 days.... The new rules relate to people who are fully vaccinated....

Potential Covid variants are entering the UK unchecked as the rate of positive tests being genome sequenced from amber-listed countries has fallen to just three per cent, official figures show. The analysis shows that just 44-or three per cent-of the 1, 388 positive test results on people arriving from amber countries in the three weeks to June 30 were genome sequenced to identify variants.... That compares with 61 per cent in the three weeks to March 17. There was a similar decline even for tr

discounted PCR test fees for their shareholders starting this month, reports Al-Qabas daily

requirement, which contradicts the previous decision of the Council of Ministers to cancel the negative PCR

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Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah, the head of the ministerial emergency coronavirus committee, said in a tweet broadcast by the Government Communication Center on Twitter that the Cabinet during Monday’s session decided to enforce a seven-day house quarantine for the immunized incoming travellers.... The minister’s infection was confirmed after the swab this morning that was routinely conducted for him, MoJ stated through its official account on Twitter.... He is currently in home isolation