I might be blocked by this cabbage, but I will have to do an additional PCR test before I fly anyway. So i won't be putting anyone in jeopardy.
That is my understanding too.
To me it's like getting a positive and negative pregnancy test on the same day. You're definitely pregnant, the other test just didn't pick it up.
Regarding Austria, for people from most countries its simply 2G+ so you need to be fully jabbed PLUS additionally a test OR a booster - but not both.
If coming from the UK which is a variant risk area (note, thats where the Guardian newspaper is published, which is something to think about when quoting newspapers !!!) you need a booster AND a test , but Ireland is not the UK nor is it a variant risk area so those stricter rules dont apply to Ireland.
SOURCE (not a uk newspaper) - https://www.austria.info/en/service-and-facts/coronavirus-information/entry-regulations
Jesus that's an aggressive response. I think most of these restrictions are a pile of shite. But people on his flight will be relying on a negative test to get back home and someone getting a positive antigen getting on their flight puts all their return journeys in jeopardy.
I'm not remotely scared of covid (look at all my other posts, all I do is give out about this nonsense)
But getting on a flight with a positive antigen result (even if you somehow managed to get a negative pcr) is a dick move. Plain and simple.
I'm all for safe travel and don't want to be infected.
But he is certainly right, the PCR is far more reliable than Antigen. So if the PCR is negative, why not travel!!?
I would still put more weight behind it than me doing an antigen in my kitchen.
I wouldn't call a PCR more reliable - granted if you test negative with a PCR it's virtually guaranteed you are clear.
The problem with PCR is it can give more false positives as it detects the virus even if it's dead in your nose and you have recovered ..
Mind your own business and worry about yourself. Lie under the sofa until the end of January if that’s the way you carry on.
come on here and offer structured opinions and engage in others views, not guilt tripping or telling people what to do.
whos to say you’re right? The people at the very top with all the qualifications don’t have a clue from one day to the next with this pandemic.
wind that neck in
Maybe I’m wrong but I can’t see Austria accepting a written card as proof of booster for entry. I want to go there in the new year and while I hope to be boosted by then, I reckon I’ll still need a PCR until the EU travel certs are updated.
Believe so, and having done an antigen myself, it is awful, so there is a chance I didn't do it correctly.
From my reading of that article, the less common scenario of a positive antigen followed by a negative PCR is caused by either a (significant) lag between antigen and PCR tests, or a flaw in the PCR testing process, eg. incorrect swabbing. It does not arise from the antigen test being faulty. Have I understood it correctly?
Seems to be a bit of it happening.
My understanding of it is that the antigen can be effected by a lot of factors, whereas a PCR is far more reliable due to it being conducted in a lab with professionals.
Although it would be very unusual to have a positive antigen and negative PCR, I would love to hear Tony's recommendation on what to do in that scenario.
From the guy hoping to get off on a technicality and still get on a plane following a positive antigen?
Is that you Eamon Ryan?
If you need it explained to you why travelling whilst knowingly shedding a viral load and potentially infecting your fellow passengers is a morally bankrupt position then I can't help you and I doubt I'll change your mind.
This is why travel gets demonised. Ignore list.
Are you taking the piss? The PCR is the more reliable one, why would I not travel after a negative test?
Sound. Really sound.
If I do get a negative PCR, I am travelling yes. That is far more reliable than an at home antigen.
I assumed when you said you were "hoping for a miracle" that you meant if you did somehow get a negative pcr you would travel knowing you had a positive antigen.
If I misinterpreted it and you have no intention of travelling even with a "miracle" negative pcr then I apologise.
Never got a written card when I was boosted on Monday. Doctor just told me it'll be Feb before I get an updated cert when I queried it as I'm away to Austria in Feb. He said if the digital cert doesn't arrive in time to come in and they will give me an updated one there and then.
I literally said that BA are allowing free rebookings, and I require a negative PCR before departure, so even if I wanted to, I couldn’t.
same here. got a card from one of those walk-in booster clinics. they told me the DCC would be updated eventually but will likely take some time. i dont see the govt rushing to give ppl a way to make travel easier, not at this point in time
Yes you will get a written card. I was told by my doctor that it will be a while before they update it electronically
I receiced a hand written booster confirmation card at City West.
It's deliberate. It caused total chaos last summer, even after delaying us joining the DCC many people didn't have their certs on time and the "help lines" had almost nobody manning them.
They want it to be hard so that people are too frightened to book let alone travel.
Same when they decided issuing passports to citizens was a non essential service despite the knock on chaos and upset that caused for people who genuinely urgently needed to travel.
Why has Ireland introduced such a difficult process for issuing digital covid certs?
I got boosted in Germany (with my first two doses elsewhere). Digital covid cert given to me as I walk out of the doctor’s office.
I got a card from my gp, so did my husband.
Arrgh! So if a country insists on proof of a 3rd jab we have none? So frustrating
Do you mean getting a handwritten card when you’re given the booster? If so then that’s not happening. No one that I know- myself included- got any proof of having got the booster.
Travelling to Budapest in a few days . Adults and teens all vaccinated.
Looks like we need covid certs and a clear antigen test to come home. No passenger locator forms.
Am I right?
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