
Travelling to England?
Are you are travelling abroad for work? You can now shorten your quarantine time on arrival back to England.
Currently (March 2021), there are no Travel Corridors. This means that anyone returning to England from any destination outside of the Common Travel Area (Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man) must do the following:
- Quarantine for 10 days
- Take a Government Coronavirus (Covid-19) test on Day 2 and Day 8 of quarantining
- Follow Lockdown rules
How to quarantine when you arrive in England – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Destinations: If traveling from a Red List Travel Ban country, you must quarantine in a Quarantine Hotel. You must take a government test on Day 2 and Day 8 of quarantining. These tests must be purchased as part of the Travel Test Package. You are not allowed to enter the Test to Release Scheme if traveling from a Red List Travel Ban Country.
Booking and staying in a quarantine hotel when you arrive in England – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Destinations: If traveling from any country not on the Red List Travel Ban list, you must quarantine at home. You must take a government test on Day 2 and Day 8 of quarantining. These tests must be purchased as part of the Travel Test Package. However, you are allowed to enter the Test to Release Scheme.
The Test to Release scheme allows you to be released from quarantine after a full 5 days of quarantine, only if you have been tested negative to Coronavirus (Covid-19). The government day 8 test will still need to be completed.
Acorn can provide the Test to Release service for you.
NOTE: Test to release does not replace the mandatory government Covid19 Travel Testing Package. For information on this, please see HERE
PCR Testing before travel (commonly known as Fit to Fly)
Acorn are a government approved private provider of Covid-19 PCR testing. We have been through an extensive process to ensure that we meet all of the UK government standards to provide Covid-19 testing to industry and the general public.
We work with an accredited laboratory that are registered and government approved.
You can come to our clinic in Congleton for your Covid-19 PCR swab test where we will book you in with our fully trained professionals. Once the swab is completed, you will receive your result within 24 – 48 hours. The laboratory do offer an option for the same result with an extra fee.
Please contact us for more information and pricing of Covid-19 Swab Tests before you travel on 01260 277797.
Be prepared before you travel
Are you dreaming about that summer get away abroad? When lockdowns are lifted, you may be allowed to enter the Test to Release Scheme in order to shorten your quarantine time on arrival back to England.
Hopefully, travel corridors will open up again, where no test is required upon arrival to England. These are likely to be reviewed in the coming months as restrictions are lifted come summer 2021.
Currently (March 2021), traveling abroad for holidays is not permitted due to National Lockdown.
If you eventually leave England and travel to Red List Travel Ban country, upon arrival back to England you will need to quarantine in a Quarantine Hotel. You will need to take a government test on Day 2 and Day 8 of quarantining. These tests must be purchased as part of the Government Travel Test Package. You are not allowed to enter the Test to Release Scheme.
You can find out more information about the governments Travel Testing Package here.
If you take a trip abroad, be that personal or for work related purposes, which is not listed on a Travel Corridor list or on the Red List Travel Ban list, you must quarantine at home. You must take a government test on Day 2 and Day 8 of quarantining. These tests must be purchased as part of the Travel Testing Package. However, you are allowed to enter the Test to Release Scheme.
The Test to Release Scheme means that you can get tested to release you from quarantine early. It allows you to be released from quarantine after a full 5 days of quarantine, if you have been tested negative to Covid-19.
Acorn can provide the Test to Release service for you. Please get in touch to book yours.
The self-isolation period will only be shortened if your test result is negative.
NOTE: Test to release does not replace the mandatory government Covid-19 Travel Testing Package. For information on this, please see HERE