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Covid travel question

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COVIDQ · 18/09/2021 14:24

Would really appreciate some advice as my extensive googling hasn't helped much. Thanks in advance.

I was planning to fly to a European country on the green list at the end of this month, to see my elderly parents. Tickets booked. I am fully vaccinated but have recently tested positive for Covid.

Of course I won't fly if that would be dangerous, but how can I know? The NHS seems to recommend a rapid antigen test before flying, but I'm worried about a false negative. I've also read that no PCR test will be accurate after infection within 90 days.

Would it be best to cancel the trip altogether?

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Pippioddstocking · 19/09/2021 09:04

I am in the same boat and desperately googling to no avail also so a huge BUMP and fingers crossed someone wise will see this thread.

cherin · 19/09/2021 09:10

My boss was in a similar situation. Double vaccinated, he tested positive with PCR about 9 days before departure. The country he was flying to required a LFT not more than 48h before boarding. He did the free LFT tests by nhs almost every day for a week, always positive, and eventually he tested negative in the same day he was due to go to the lab where he would do the fit-for-travel one. All turned negative. Allowed to fly, and also ok with coming back a few weeks later with the pre-departure and PCR test on day2.
He thinks that the double vaccination managed to get the viral load to undetectable levels in very short time.

cherin · 19/09/2021 09:12

(I would have not done it. He was pretty lucky. But hey, all turned well in the end)

COVIDQ · 19/09/2021 09:44

Thanks cherin and please let me know if you hear anything more Pippi.

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