United States guests transiting through Canada to the United Kingdom need to take a COVID-19 test within 72 hours of your flight to the UK and must take a Day 2, Day 8, and optional Day 5 Test-To-Release. guests returning to the United States from the UK must take a COVID-19 test within 3 days of your flight to the United States. Build your at-home testing bundle today.
If you are flying to the United States, you must get tested no more than 3 days before you travel by air into the United States.
You must show proof of your test results even if you have been vaccinated for COVID-19
Review the following timeline carefully to ensure this test meets your travel needs and when to take your test for travel to the United Kingdom via Canada, which requires proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within 3 days of departure.
Order your test at the time of booking your flight or at least 1-2 weeks before you need to take the test to ensure you have it when needed. Schedule your video observation visit in advance to ensure visit availability for when you need to take your test.
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On arrival in the UK you must quarantine at home or where you are staying for 10 days. You must take an RT-PCR COVID-19 test on or before Day 2 and on or after Day 8. Follow these rules even if you have been vaccinated. Take your test and drop it in a Royal Mail Priority Postbox in the UK. Each kit comes with a prepaid return shipping label addressed to our partner lab in the UK. Our test satisfies the UK's private testing provider requirement.
Order My Test BundleExit quarantine early with a negative Day 5 test-to-release test. This test does not require video observation; you may complete it on your own. Take your test on Day 5 and drop it in a Royal Mail Priority Postbox in the UK. Comes with a prepaid return shipping label addressed to our partner lab in the UK.
Order My Test BundleYou must have proof of a negative coronavirus (COVID-19) test before traveling to England. You must take the test within the 3 days before your departure day. For example, if you travel directly to England on Friday, you must take the test on the Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. AZOVA provides all the testing you need to meet these requirements.
For United States guests, you must quarantine in the place you'll be staying in the UK and take a COVID-19 RT-PCR test on Day 2 and Day 8 because the US is on the Amber Country List under the UK guidance.
Note: Any guests arriving into the UK must quarantine for 10 days based on UK Government Guidelines. However, this quarantine period can be reduced by getting a negative result using the Test-to-Release scheme on Day 5 of your arrival. You must still take a Day 8 test even if you take a Day 5 test-to-release test.
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+1 (844) 692–9682We use the P23 TaqPath Sars-cov-2 Assay and the Infinity Biologix TaqPath SARS-CoV-2 Assay. Your home collection instructions card includes the name of the assay that will be run for your test.
If you ordered the non-observed PCR saliva kit, you will receive the AZOVA COVID-19 Test Collection Kit for use with the Advanta™ Dx SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Assay
Fact sheet for healthcare providers | Fact sheet for patients | Home Collection instructions for patient
If you received the P23 COVID-19 Test Collection Kit from AZOVA, your test is the P23 TaqPathSARS-CoV-2 Assay.
Fact sheet for healthcare providers | Fact sheet for patients | Home Collection instructions for patient
If you received the AZOVA COVID-19 Test Collection Kit, your test is the Infinity Biologix TaqPath SARS-CoV-2 Assay.
Fact sheet for healthcare providers | Fact sheet for patients | Home Collection instructions for patient