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I have been flying to Belfast to visit Mumsie K in her care home. I take a lateral test the night before and then get tested at the home before admission.
My nagging worry is, what if I test positive at the care home? I can’t fly back home, I don’t have anywhere I can stay, I can’t very well call a hotel and say, ‘would you mind if I isolate with you for 7 days’, and as for getting a bus or taxi there anyhow...
Any of you regular travellers already come up with a contingency plan for catching bugs away from home?! Ta!
Book a hotel with a free cancellation policy before hand just incase.
YMCA?
Might be a fun place to stay - I'm not sure the missing seventh Village Person in that photo is 'retired IT consultant' though...Originally Posted by Onelasttime
Last edited by Onelasttime; 22nd November 2021 at 00:34.
Care home will use a Lateral Flow test. So if you have tested yourself earlier on the same day , there should be no surprises.
Do you get a text from the NHS regading your care home lateral flow test result ?
You should keep hold of your negative (personal Flow test) and challenge the flow test at the nursing home as a false positive BEFORE they register the test. request another test and depending on the result take action.
I could see a real problem if you were positive but I don't know the legal procedure and i assume that if you are asked a question at the airport then you must answer honestly.
We have the same tests to go see our relo in the care home and sometimes I despair at the way some of the staff carry out the tests.
B
Good point - I think I would take a couple of self-tests beforehand, and be very careful when travelling there.
A false positive LFT is very unlikely. They are highly specific though not highly sensitive. When they are wrong, it is almost always a false negative.
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