Passengers arriving at UK airports could soon be able to have the same type of saliva swab test used by the NHS to screen for the coronavirus. Companies planning a trial of the scheme hope a negative result will allow early release from the government's 14-day travel quarantine. People will have to pay around £140 for a test, booked online before travel.
Under the proposals, passengers would visit an airport clinic after immigration to take a test and self-isolate at home until they received the result. A negative result could take as little as five hours. However, the aim will be to notify every participant within 24 hours
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Being proposed by Swissport and medical firm Collinson
BBC: Airport tests may provide 'early travel quarantine release'