British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that pre-departure testing would no longer be required for arrivals in England and that they could do rapid lateral flow tests instead of PCR tests after their arrival.
Johnson told lawmakers: “In England, from 4 a.m. on Friday, we will end a pre-departure test that discourages many people from traveling for fear of being stuck abroad and incurring significant additional costs.” “
“We will also lift the requirement to self-isolate on arrival until a negative PCR is obtained,” he said, adding that instead the arrivals would be required to do a rapid lateral flow test, and only then take a PCR if the lateral flow is positive. Was. ,
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