In reply to Rob Exile Ward:
I’ve just returned from a trip from the US having recovered from Covid about 6 weeks ago. I didn’t have any tests either flying out or returning, just showed my vaccine and COVID recovery QR codes. The Covid recovery pass is good for 90 days from the date of the positive PCR test.
I think the rules are clear, but the complication is that the online Passenger Locator form you need to complete doesn’t allow you you enter the COVID Recovery pass as one of the exemptions from the need to test (the menu just has various exempted occupations.
The system still has few bits that don’t connect properly (like the NHS COVID app that is currently counting down my self-isolation days after pinging me as a contact, even though it knows I’m vaccinated) but you don’t need to provide a test result to enter the country within 90 days of having COVID (unless the rule was changed yesterday).
Update: I took a PCR test yesterday and I’ve just had a negative result. However, when I entered the code in the app, it acknowledged that I was negative but says I should continue to self-isolate anyway, despite being triple vaccinated and recently recovered…
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