Updated guidance - Test to Release for international travel: minimum standards for testing

The Department of Health and Social Care has published updated guidance setting out the minimum standards that private sector providers of COVID-19 testing for ‘Test to Release for international travel’ must meet.

Minimum standards for private-sector providers of COVID-19 testing for ‘Test to Release for international travel’

This guidance is for private providers of ‘Test to Release for international travel’.

International arrivals who must quarantine at home or in the place they are staying for 10 days after they arrive can opt in to the ‘Test to Release’ scheme to see if they can end their quarantine early. By law, all tests used for the purpose of shortening the quarantine period for international arrivals must meet certain minimum standards.

Providers must also complete a declaration that their tests meet these standards.