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Routine Covid testing to end for some as part of test shake-up Patrick Hollis

Uk tourists may need to show three additional documents at Spanish border control (Photo: Getty Images)

UK holidaymakers warned they need 3 extra documents to enter Spain Claire Schofield

UK tourists heading to Spain face tighter rules if they get Covid symptoms (Photo: Getty Images)

UK tourists face new Covid rules in Spain if they have symptoms Claire Schofield

Queue for Covid – 19 test at the Templemore Sports Complex. DER2152GS – 003

Derry COVID PCR test sites to close and free lateral flows to end for most Brendan McDaid

Lateral flow test

Covid: Free PCR tests to end for most next month By The Newsroom

Later flow antigen test kits. (JPI Media)

PCR test no longer needed to confirm Covid results Daire Ní Chanáin

Queue for Covid – 19 test at the Templemore Sports Complex. DER2152GS – 003

Lateral flow kits supply ‘sufficient’ in Northern Ireland as PCR tests released ...

The PHA is urging people to only get a PCR if they have a positive lateral flow test. File picture. Photo Stephen Davison/Pacemaker Press

Changes to PCR testing advice for close contacts in Northern Ireland announced Brendan McDaid

A lateral flow test result is interpreted by the two letters on the device (Photo: Shutterstock)

What it means if Covid lateral flow test result shows a faint red line Claire Schofield

As the Omicron variant of Covid continues to spread across the UK, you may be wondering if the symptoms differ from other strains of the virus (Photo: Shutterstock)

The 'surprising' Omicron variant symptom that can appear when eating Helen Johnson

A woman wearing a protective mask walks her dog on the Esplanade du Trocadero square in front of the Eiffel Tower in March 2020 (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

France travel: UK traveller restrictions to be tightened - what are the new rule... Alex Nelson

Passengers pictured previously at Belfast International Airport. (File picture: PressEye)

International travellers will need COVID tests before arriving into Northern Ire... Brendan McDaid

New COVID travel measures Ireland: PCR / antigen test needed while nightclubs to... Brendan McDaid

Dr. Michael McBride

Omicron variant of COVID-19: Dr. Michael McBride says cases 'highly likely' Kevin Mullan

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43,000 people may have been given wrong negative PCR Covid test results Iain Leggat

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said ministers hope to announce in the next few days the switch from a PCR to a lateral flow test for eligible fully-vaccinated travellers taking their day-two Covid test (Photo: Shutterstock)

PCR Covid tests to be scrapped ‘before half-term’ - which could save families £2...

New rules to make travel to the UK from overseas easier and simpler have come into force (Photo: JORGE GUERRERO/AFP via Getty Images)

UK’s travel rules change: what you need to know as amber list is scrapped Helen Johnson

Number of ‘red list’ countries for international travel set to be slashed this week (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Number of ‘red list’ countries for international travel set to be slashed this w... Ethan Shone

Rising demand for booking a Covid test in Northern Ireland sees opening hours extended to 8pm.

Everything you need to know to book a Covid test in Northern Ireland Sarah McCann, Search and Trends Writer

Ryanair will launch 14 new routes from the UK this winter (Photo: Getty Images)

Ryanair is launching 14 new routes this winter to destinations across Europe Claire Schofield

The government will remove some 57 companies from its list on Monday (23 August) as they no longer exist, or do not provide the relevant tests required for travel (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Cowboy’ Covid travel test providers to be struck off Gov.uk list over misleadin... Claire Schofield

People who have been fully vaccinated can still transmit the Delta variant (Photo: Getty Images)

Vaccinated people can still pass on Delta variant - but protection remains high Claire Schofield

TUI cancels more holidays amid uncertainty over travel restrictions Chelsea Rocks

Probable cases of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 have been identified in Derry.

PHA identifies probable cases of Delta variant of COVID-19 in Derry Kevin Mullan

Two Covid tests are now required for all UK arrivals during quarantine (Photo: Shutterstock)

Two Covid tests are now required for all UK arrivals during quarantine Iain Leggat

(left to right) 100-year-old Ethel Sinclair, with care staff Cathy Lacey and Lauren Adams, who was among residents to receive the coronavirus vaccine at Bradley Manor care home in north Belfast.

New advice issued on visiting care homes over Christmas Andrew Quinn

Spain and the Canary Islands now require a negative Covid test from all UK visit... Helen Johnson

Maldives, Denmark, Canary Islands and Mykonos have been removed from the UK’s qu... Helen Johnson

Everything you need to know about the new test for coronavirus (Photo: Shutterstock)

A new coronavirus saliva test is being trialled in the UK - here’s how it works Rhona Shennan

People in various parts of Derry have been urged to get tested. (File picture: Michael Cooper/PA Wire)

Covid testing operations under way across Derry and Down amid concerns over pote...