Day 2 and Day 8 Covid Tests
All international arrivals to England must follow government rules on their return. What rules you must follow when you arrive in England from abroad depends on where you have been in the 10 days before you arrive and your vaccination status. Please refer to the government website here for the latest guidance on international travel.
At London Doctors Clinic, we offer flexible solutions to Covid travel tests including day 2 and 8 test bundles plus separate 2 and 8 tests, both in clinic and at home. Book your Covid travel tests for returning to the UK using the drop-down below.
Green list countries and territories
- Take a Covid test and get a negative result during the 3 days before you start your journey back to the UK.
- Book and pay for a day 2 test before you travel. When you book your test, you will receive a reference number that must be included on your passenger locator form to enter England. You will need to take this test on or before day 2 of your arrival to England.
- Complete a passenger locator form.
Please note the above rules also apply to fully vaccinated passengers arriving from amber list countries. Please visit the government website here for more information.
Amber list countries and territories (excluding those fully vaccinated with an NHS administered vaccine in the UK)
- Take a Covid test and get a negative result during the 3 days before you start your journey back to the UK.
- Book and pay for a day 2 and 8 test before you travel. You must take your day 2 test on or before day 2 and your day 8 test on or after day 8 of your quarantine. When you book your day 2 and day 8 tests, you will receive a reference number that must be included on your passenger locator form in order to enter England.
- Complete a passenger locator form.
- Quarantine at home or in the place you are staying for 10 days.
Book a Covid day 2 and day 8 travel test package or book your day 2 and day 8 tests separately at select clinics using the booking drop-down below. All arrivals to England must take a test on or before day 2 of the quarantine period for variant surveillance.
Select your day 2 and 8 test package below or book your day 2 and day 8 tests separately at select clinics only.
Please note that for the test package (day 2 AND 8), you are only required to book an appointment for your day 2 test. The day 8 test is booked when you attend the day 2 test appointment.
Please note if you are travelling from a red list country, please visit the government website here for more information.
How do I book a private travel test package?
You can book your Covid day 2 and day 8 tests at our clinics shown on the booking drop-down. We offer both a day 2 and 8 test package or tests can be bought separately. Please note calendars show live availability for the travel test package UK. If the slots are blanked out it means we’re fully booked.
Home Day 2/8 tests are available through our lab partner. Please select choose “home day 2/8 and Test to Release Covid testing” on the dropdown at the top of this page. Covid day 2 and/or 8 home tests ordered on Monday to Thursday will be dispatched on the next working day by our lab partners delivery service. Tests ordered on Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be dispatched on Monday. Tests will not be dispatched on the bank or public holidays. Please note Test to Release Covid home tests will only be dispatched prior to day 5 of your mandatory quarantine.
Please follow instructions provided with your home post-travel tests and return using our lab partner’s dropbox or using a DX dropbox as each testing kit should include a DX return label.
Please note arrivals from amber countries can leave their place of quarantine to travel to a testing centre for day 2 and day 8 testing.
What happens if I test positive on my day 2 and day 8 Covid test?
Day 2 test
Arrivals from green and amber list countries need to take a Covid test on or before day 2 of their quarantine period to help identify any potential new variants of Covid. We are also required by the UK Government to send your day 2 test for genomic sequencing. If you test positive on your day 2 test, you must quarantine for a further 10 days beginning on the day the test was taken.
If you test positive on your day 2 test, you do not need to take the test on day 8(if from amber list country. Please note that we are unable to refund your day 2 and day 8 test package if you do not complete your day 8 test.
Day 8 test
If you are travelling from an amber country and you’re not fully vaccinated with an NHS administered vaccine in the UK, you also need to take a Covid test on or after day 8 (unless you received a positive result from your day 2 test). If you test positive on your day 8 test, you will need to continue to quarantine until day 19.
Can I reduce my quarantine length?
If you have arrived from an amber country and you’re required to self-isolate, you can leave quarantine early if you receive a negative test result on or after day 5 through the Test to Release programme. London Doctors Clinic are a Government-accredited provider for the Test to Release for International Travel scheme.
Please note that the Test to Release Programme is separate from the Covid Test Travel Package and does require an additional Covid test. If you test negative through a Test to Release Covid test and finish your mandatory quarantine on or after day 5, you still need to take your day 8 test.
What countries are on the red list?
Please refer to the UK Government website here for an up to date list of countries on the ‘red list’. This list is continually updated and it is your responsibility to ensure that you are not required to complete a mandatory hotel quarantine.
Day 2 and Day 8 Home Covid Tests
We also offer day 2 and 8 bundles plus separate day 2 and 8 tests for home delivery via our lab partner. Please follow the instructions sent with your Covid tests. Once you receive your test through the mail, you’ll need to activate it online. You will then receive a notification when you activate your Covid test, when it arrives at the lab and when you get your results.
Return Delivery options:
- Using our lab partner’s dropbox
- Using a DX dropbox, each testing kit should include a DX return label.
When will my home Day 2/8 test get delivered?
Tests ordered on Monday to Thursday will be dispatched on the next working day by our lab partner’s delivery service. Tests ordered on Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be dispatched on Monday.
