Travelling after positive test

Ladjacket

Hey everyone

Family member is in the Uk and is due to return this weekend however has just tested positive for Covid

Anyone I’ve spoken to today has said he needs to return a negative test to enter Ireland but if covid stays in the system then he’ll test positive for quite some time meaning there’s no idea when he can come home

Has anyone encountered this?

Darc19

And it's that type of stupidity that has seen the UK go from just over 2,000/day in late may to almost 30,000 a day now.

They most likely have the Delta variant.

If flying, they will have to show a negative test.


But someone needs to give them a dose of reality and tell them to feck off.

Caranica

Ladjacket wrote: »

Hey everyone

Family member is in the Uk and is due to return this weekend however has just tested positive for Covid

Anyone I’ve spoken to today has said he needs to return a negative test to enter Ireland but if covid stays in the system then he’ll test positive for quite some time meaning there’s no idea when he can come home

Has anyone encountered this?

You can't travel with Covid, simple as. All the airlines require you to confirm that you don't have it. Your relative needs to quarantine where they are.

Ladjacket

Ladjacket wrote: »

Hey everyone

Family member is in the Uk and is due to return this weekend however has just tested positive for Covid

Anyone I’ve spoken to today has said he needs to return a negative test to enter Ireland but if covid stays in the system then he’ll test positive for quite some time meaning there’s no idea when he can come home

Has anyone encountered this?

If he’s positive, then he’s got to avoid travel. Think of the number he could infect!

He’s got to be responsible and isolate until negative.

Seriously?
It's been a year and a half and people still need to ask what to do when they have a positive test?

Ladylouth

Ladjacket wrote: »

Hey everyone

Family member is in the Uk and is due to return this weekend however has just tested positive for Covid

Anyone I’ve spoken to today has said he needs to return a negative test to enter Ireland but if covid stays in the system then he’ll test positive for quite some time meaning there’s no idea when he can come home

Has anyone encountered this?

Haven't encountered it for travel. But had experience of a child testing positive, no symptoms (close contact). HSE said he would test positive for a while, got him retested privately - negative. It was a false positive. If no symptoms, it might be worth getting another test?

Donny Patterson

This is comical.

Is there an option of like, not coming? Not travelling?
Maybe isolating?

YellowLead

This has got to be a troll thread.

But if not...well that’s why we are where we are with covid spread. Sigh. Thank god there’s no intelligence test required for vaccines.

Ladjacket

OP here - sorry for the poor wording of this originally. Of course, he’s going to quarantine but my question was more so in relation to how long he’ll have to quarantine for. It’s reasonable to assume that he’ll be free of covid in 14 days but if he still tests as positive for up to 6 months, does this mean he must stay in the UK for 6 months?

YellowLead

Ladjacket wrote: »

OP here - sorry for the poor wording of this originally. Of course, he’s going to quarantine but my question was more so in relation to how long he’ll have to quarantine for. It’s reasonable to assume that he’ll be free of covid in 14 days but if he still tests as positive for up to 6 months, does this mean he must stay in the UK for 6 months?

Why on earth would he still be testing positive 6 months later!!!!

mickuhaha

He will test positive as long as he has the virus and be capable of transmitting it to others.

JPup

Ten days is the norm here I think but you’ll need to check the guidelines in the UK. Look up the NHS website and the website of the airline they’ll be travelling with.

YellowLead

YellowLead wrote: »

Why on earth would he still be testing positive 6 months later!!!!

I think there has been very very rare cases of it lasting longer in tests.

Amadan Dubh

Get the test registered so he won't need a vaccine when he finishes quarantine and will get the "recovered from infection" cert instead.

Edgarfrndly

Ladjacket wrote: »

Hey everyone

Family member is in the Uk and is due to return this weekend however has just tested positive for Covid

Anyone I’ve spoken to today has said he needs to return a negative test to enter Ireland but if covid stays in the system then he’ll test positive for quite some time meaning there’s no idea when he can come home

Has anyone encountered this?

Are you serious? They tested positive and still want to travel. The gall of them.

votecounts

Jesus, I normally don't get angry at posts but for feck sake, It's been 16 months, how do some people not get it. The person cannot fly until he tests negative and he is a scumbag if they find another way to get in to Ireland

Atlantic Dawn

What happens if you travel while fully vaccinated and test positive, are you stuck at destination for 10 days the same as the invaccinated?

Gekko

If he has no symptoms, maybe get another test to be sure

Purple Mountain

Is the OP getting mixed up with antibodies in system v a live virus in the system?

delly

Hold off on the pitchforks guys, I think you've picked up the OP wrong. I'm assuming the OP thinks the relative will have covid antibodies for 6 months, hence will test positive for 6 months, or something along those lines.

OP, if this is the case, then they will only test positive for 3 to 4 weeks at the most. It can go longer, but only for severe infections.

Aside from this however, infected or not, the travel should only really be for essential purposes. You haven't said why they are travelling, so I can't judge your relative based on missing information.

/edit as above as I was typing, think it's a mix up.

votecounts

delly wrote: »

Hold off on the pitchforks guys, I think you've picked up the OP wrong. I'm assuming the OP thinks the relative will have covid antibodies for 6 months, hence will test positive for 6 months, or something along those lines.

OP, if this is the case, then they will only test positive for 3 to 4 weeks at the most. It can go longer, but only for severe infections.

Aside from this however, infected or not, the travel should only really be for essential purposes. You haven't said why they are travelling, so I can't judge your relative based on missing information.

/edit as above as I was typing, think it's a mix up.

If he has tested positive he shouldn't even be in the airport, never mind essential or non essential reasons

votecounts

Ladjacket wrote: »

Hey everyone

Family member is in the Uk and is due to return this weekend however has just tested positive for Covid

Anyone I’ve spoken to today has said he needs to return a negative test to enter Ireland but if covid stays in the system then he’ll test positive for quite some time meaning there’s no idea when he can come home

Has anyone encountered this?

Doesn't seem a mix up

delly

votecounts wrote: »

If he has tested positive he shouldn't even be in the airport, never mind essential or non essential reasons

Nobody is saying he was at the airport. Relative intended to travel, relative tested positive, relative is no longer travelling. OP wants to know when relative can safely travel again. Relative maybe looking for a holiday, relative maybe visiting their terminally ill parent. Not all details are known.

fits

They need to stay where they are until they get a not detected result. It shouldn’t take six months but maybe ask one of the experts in the testing thread.

The Nutty M

A lad in work here went home to Ireland at Christmas and got the Rona there. He didn't arrive back to work here until after Valentine's day as he continuously tested positive. He had no symptoms and I think it was seven PCR tests he had in that time he said, a mixture of public and private tests.

So in answer to the OP, that man will have to sit it out until he tests negative.

Jim2007

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

What happens if you travel while fully vaccinated and test positive, are you stuck at destination for 10 days the same as the invaccinated?

No airline will board you if you test positive, no matter what your previous status was. They would face significant penalties for doing so.

But that said, the usual check is a negative test or a vaccination certificate, so I guess it is possible that a vaccinated person with the like virus could end up sitting beside you. Probably a good reason to only travel if vaccinated.

Ladylouth

Ladjacket wrote: »

OP here - sorry for the poor wording of this originally. Of course, he’s going to quarantine but my question was more so in relation to how long he’ll have to quarantine for. It’s reasonable to assume that he’ll be free of covid in 14 days but if he still tests as positive for up to 6 months, does this mean he must stay in the UK for 6 months?

As I understand it it's not unusual to test positive for some months after you have been infectious. You can test positive and not be a risk to anybody, once you have done your initial isolation and all symptoms are gone (if you had them). The question is, is there a system in place to allow you to travel in this circumstance. The DCC will allow for this, but if your friend is coming from the UK do they have something similar? He'll have to get advice from the UK authorities.