The test required will depend on your country of travel and whether you are Fully Vaccinated or Not:

Please check the below link for the latest information on the COVID-19 travel requirements

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice

You must provide a Negative result at check-in, or you will be denied boarding.

• If you have not visited or passed through a country on the red list in the 10 days before returning to UK, then;For Not Fully Vaccinated travellers –
  • Mandatory PCR or Antigen Test before departure
  • Mandatory Day 2 & Day 8 Tests
  • Complete a passenger locator form
  • Optional Day 5 Test to Release to end quarantine early

  For Fully Vaccinated travellers

  • Day 2 Only
  • Complete a passenger locator form
  • PCR Test before 24th October
  • Antigen Test after 24th October

You must perform a Covid-19 test on or before day 2 only with no requirement to quarantine

Children aged 5 to 17 who are ordinarily resident in the UK:

• must take a COVID-19 travel test on or before day 2
• do not have to quarantine

You must perform;

• Mandatory PCR or Antigen Test before departure
• Mandatory Day 2 & Day 8 Tests
• Optional Day 5 Test to Release to end quarantine early

You can take your day 2 test any time on or before day 2 following your arrival in UK. You can take your day 8 test on or after day 8.

You may face a penalty of up to £2,000.

When you arrive in UK you must go directly to your quarantine location and not leave until 10 days have passed. You can only leave quarantine once you have both received a negative day 8 test result and passed the 10-day quarantine period.

You can leave quarantine early if you receive a negative test result on or after day 5 through the Test to Release programme.

Important Note:

Even if you test negative through Test to Release and finish your quarantine early, you still need to take your day 8 test.

No, even if your day 8 test is negative, you must stay in quarantine until day 10.

No, you must receive a negative day 8 test and complete your 10-day quarantine before leaving self-isolation.

With this scheme travellers will be able to end their quarantine period early with a Covid-19 Test to Release. The test is to be carried out from 5 days after arriving in UK. The self-isolation period will only be shortened for negative test results.

No, Test to Release is voluntary.

Yes, you can still leave quarantine early if you receive a negative test result on or after day 5 through the Test to Release programme.

Even if you test negative through Test to Release and finish your quarantine early, you still need to take your day 8 test.

Yes, even if you test negative through Test to Release and finish your quarantine early, you still need to take your day 8 test.

Yes, you are permitted to leave your quarantine location to collect or conduct your COVID-19 test, but you are required to return to your quarantine location as soon as this is complete.

Please see the government website for the latest information.