How can I get a PCR test for travel and how much do they cost?
Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox. Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice  Fully vaccinated travellers will no longer need to isolate on their arrival back in England later this month - and Nicola Sturgeon has suggested Scotland could follow suit. Holidaymakers who have been given their two vaccinations on the NHS will no longer need to self-isolate for 10 days on their return to England from destinations on the amber list. They will be following a similar system to that currently in place for returning travellers to both England and Scotland from green list countries. The difference with the new amber plan is that it will only be open to those who are fully vaccinated. Nicola Sturgeon said that the Scottish Government will consider the policy carefully and added that the country is at a fragile point in its fight against Covid. She said: We are considering that carefully. We will look carefully at the statement thats been made in the UK, and well come to a decision on that fairly soon in terms whether or not that will apply to people returning to Scotland.  How to get a Covid test for travel  Scots cannot use NHS tests for the purpose of testing before travel back to the UK as they cannot be taken abroad. We send a morning and lunchtime newsletter covering the latest headlines every day. We also send coronavirus updates at 5pm on weekdays, and a round up of the week's must-read stories on Sunday afternoons. Signing up is simple, easy and free. You can pop your email address into the sign up box above, hit Subscribe and we'll do the rest. Alternatively, you can sign up and check out the rest of our newsletters here. The Scottish Government has listed the requirements for the pre-departure tests on its website. Pre-departure tests must be taken three days before travel back into Scotland. For travellers flying into England, the UK Government has noted the Covid test providers for travel on its site. You can find it here: www.gov.uk/find-travel-test-provider. Scots must also take their test within two days of their return to Scotland under the current green list rules. Future changes to the testing rules on arriving back in Scotland from amber list countries is yet to be announced. How much are the Covid tests for travel  The prices on pre-departure tests for travel to England and Scotland can range from around 4.95 to 575. Mr Shapps said he looked at the gov.uk website this morning to take a look at PCR test pricing. He said: There are some very inexpensive tests, I think the cheapest I saw was 4.95  now thats actually quite specific because it referred to somebody turning up at an individual test centre, they may not live anywhere near to it. So lets assume though that the cost of the test is higher than that, but also recognise that theyre no longer at the hundreds of pounds that was being quoted in the spring. We wont be testing people for a moment longer than is required, but our primary responsibility, of course, of course, is to protect people in the UK  we do not want to have a variant come in that we simply fail to pick up.  Testing when passengers arrive back in Scotland is priced at 88 and can be purchased here: https://quarantinehotel.ctmportal.co.uk/Quarantine/Home.aspx?country=Scotland.