I have to travel to Poland for work in a fortnight. New travel rules mean I will have to take a Covid PCR test on day two of my return. However, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) website states that PCR tests can’t be taken within 90 days of testing positive for Covid. I had the virus a month ago. I can’t find any guidance on what I should do.RD, Hastings, east Sussex
You raise a question that affects hundreds of thousands of people, and the DHSC guidance for international arrivals is silent on the issue. Test and trace advises against taking a PCR, or lateral flow test, within 90 days of a Covid diagnosis, because residual inactive viral fragments may give a positive result for up to three months after the infection risk has
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