Waiting for test results...anyone else?

[Youngatheart00]

Took test at a test centre 8pm Thursday. Nothing back yet.

Anyone else waiting or got any insight into average London wait times?

Can’t stop checking my emails and texts

Super variable then, even within region.

Got my result an hour ago (so 68hrs I think?). Positive :(

We waited a long time for ours (Midlands). Got tested at 9am Wednesday, result finally came 4pm Saturday. So nearly 80 hours, 3 1/2 days. So anyone I potentially infected when at my most infectious was happily going about their business potentially at their most infectious.

Not exactly the best system!

(Positive result)

Oh @AHippoNamedBooBooButt so sorry to hear you got a positive result. Take care of yourself!!!!

Still waiting here.

Is there any difference in postal results?

I presume not re postal tests - they still text / email with the result I think? Just depends when the lab receive your test and the clock only starts from them. If it’s sent tracked you can see when it arrived.

@Irre247 that’s just ridiculous. If results are going to take that long they need to start isolating contacts of symptomatic people while you wait for results. As you say by the time your results are in there is no point at all to the test and trace.

Does anyone know how often the tests are collected from a walk through site and taken to the lab? If it’s only once a day then my test at 8am this morning won’t even start it’s journey for nearly 12 hours anyway.

Took a test at 1pm Birmingham. Test centre was absolutely dead. Was told find out today or within 3 days.

@Marmozet

Took a test at 1pm Birmingham. Test centre was absolutely dead. Was told find out today or within 3 days.

Sorry I meant 1pm yesterday doh!

I’ll be a full 3 days at 8pm tonight.

Seems like those who have waited longer are positive although perhaps I’m just reading too much into that.

@Youngatheart00 we all took tests on Friday midday and heard back within 24 hours - 3 negative, 1 positive. So think it must just depend on the centre. We went for a drive in one which was super quick while friends who have been to the walk ins have been more like 3-4 days.

@Stokey glad you got them back early. What do you do with that kind of a result though...do you all have to isolate due to the single positive test?

Yes I'm afraid so. Tough too as the positive is my 11 year old so can't really isolate her. We're just trying to not touch her and wash hands lots. The good thing is that her symptoms are very mild and she's already feeling much better.

Glad to hear your daughter isn’t suffering. It’s such a huge pain isn’t it!

My son's took around 80hours and is positive. Now the wait for mine! Hope you are not waiting too much longer x

80 hours! Christ! Well that would see me through til tomorrow morning.

Hope your son is ok. Horrid time of year for it all (understatement!)

@Icanseeclearlynow12 I would strongly recommend you write to your MP about that. It’s a disgrace and no wonder cases are rising if contacts aren’t isolated straight away. If you son is son age then his classmates will have continued spreading the virus for days before you got the result.

I know, it's really not good enough to be waiting all of that time. My only guess is that cases are through the roof here(Tier 4) so they are extra busy?!
Luckily his whole class are already isolating due to their teacher testing positive so no close contacts to inform

Had mine through after 49 hours. Positive.

Still waiting for mine. Can you receive them in the evening?

Marmozet, i think they send the email as soon as they have the result. So could be 3am. Don’t stay up though!!!

Hope all the positive people on this thread are doing ok.

Waiting for mine after testing today in Cornwall.