Travel: Coronavirus

(asked on 30th November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether results from SAMBA II Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 test systems in private ownership will be considered valid under the forthcoming test to release for international travel scheme.


Answered by
Robert Courts Portrait
Robert Courts
This question was answered on 3rd December 2020

The ‘test to release for international travel scheme’ allows any private testing provider that can meet the minimum standards required as set in legislation to provide tests for this purpose. The minimum standards can be viewed at this site:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/testing-to-release-for-international-travel-minimum-standards-for-testing/minimum-standards-for-private-sector-providers-of-covid-19-testing-for-testing-to-release-for-international-travel

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