Covid tests in European countries

  • 26 January 2022
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Hiya, I am travelling from the Uk hopefully to most of the countries in Europe, is there a universal test test provider for lateral flows for travel accepted by all or many of the countries? If not where do you find the test providers accepted for travel to each country?


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There's no general answer I'm afraid. Entry requirements vary per country; you can find them via reopen.europa.eu. Test requirements also vary per country; depending on the situation, you may not need a test or may need a PCR test. What the test results should look like (i.e. readable on paper or a standard COVID certificate barcode) can also vary. Where you can test also depends on the country.

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It should work with any official PCR or an antigen test. The only “provider” that is not accepted everywhere are the tests from NHS in the UK (like Belgium or Netherlands, doesn’t accept them). 

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