United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 57466
Travel: Coronavirus
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15 October 2021
Last action
3 November 2021 · Answer
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3 November 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring PCR testing for inward bound travel into the UK to identify residual infection from previous covid-19 illnesses and necessitate addi
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15 October 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring PCR testing for inward bound travel into the UK to identify residual infection from previous covid-19 illnesses and necessitate addi
Source: Commons
3 November 2021
Answer
No assessment has been made. It is possible for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests to remain positive for some time after infection despite the individual not being infectious. Anyone who has previously received a positive PCR test result should not be...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-10-15/57466
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1360150
- uk · wq-1360150 · source updated 3 November 2021