heathcote wrote:
grandad wrote:
I have arrived from Spain today. I had to take a lateral flow test at 11.45 yesterday and I took my day 2 PCR test today before leaving the airport at 11.45. Tell me exactly the purpose of taking both these tests when it is said that it takes several days to test positive following contact with an infected person?
You are now one of those persons included in the statistics tables, there is not a lot of logic in having a test when it takes several days to get the result and in the meantime you are allowed to mingle anywhere you please.
Actually you are not allowed to mingle when you come into the country. You must isolate until you get the test result back so no going out to see in the new year for us. Well, there is a small chance because I have already had an email to say that the sample has been received in Ireland and is undergoing testing so you never know the result could be in by midnight.