UK Cuts Covid Testing Cost For Global Travellers, Including From India

Passengers returning from Green list countries or Amber list destinations like India, if fully vaccinated, will now pay 20 pounds less per PCR test.

The UK today reduced the cost of COVID-19 tests for international travellers from Amber list countries like India from 88 pounds to 68 pounds, after many representations over the high charges of the mandatory testing. Passengers returning from Green list countries or Amber list destinations like India, if they are fully vaccinated, will now pay 20 pounds less per Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test. The test must be taken on or before day two after the traveller arrives in England. People who have not had both doses of the coronavirus vaccine and are returning from Amber list countries like India will also see the price of the two tests they need fall from 170 pounds to 136 pounds. The tests must be taken on days two and eight of their arrival from abroad.