FOI Reference: FOI/2022/3740
You asked
I am interested in the outcome of after travel PCR tests and would like to have the results of the following please, if possible, with month and year as well:
1, Percentage of positive day 2 results by vaccination status
2, Percentage of positive day 8 tests of those whose day 2 test was negative.
3, Percentage of positive day 8 tests of those whose day 5 test was negative.
I would also like information on the current positive cases, possibly with month and year.
We said
Thank you for your request.
The COVID-19 Infection Survey is a household survey that estimates the number of people testing positive for infection and for antibodies in the UK. Our statistics refer to the number of current COVID-19 infections within the population living in private residential households. We exclude those in hospitals, care homes and/or other communal establishments. In communal establishments, rates of COVID-19 infection are likely to be different.
The Office for National Statistics does not hold data on travel PCR results. Participants in the COVID-19 Infection Survey are visited monthly, so we do not hold data on specific days such as day 2 and day 8 upon returning to the UK. You may be interested in our analysis on the likelihood of testing positive for COVID-19 by whether the participant reported that they travelled abroad in the last 28 days. This can be found in our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey, characteristics of people testing positive for COVID-19 article from October 2021. Your query may be better placed with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). They can be contacted via email at enquiries@ukhsa.gov.uk or via FOI email at InformationRights@UKHSA.gov.uk.
Our most recent estimates of the percentage of people testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK can be found in our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey bulletin and the accompanying dataset.
You may also be interested in our technical article on the impact of vaccination on people testing positive. Please note, our estimates are based on the sample in our survey.
Further information and an overview of data about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and other sources can be found in our Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest insights tool.