All travellers to EU member states are now required to have had a second vaccination within nine months of today, Tuesday, 1st of February 2022. Visitors may also provide proof of recovery within the past six months (180 days) or a booster vaccination to travel within the European Union going forward.
Travellers may also receive an updated EU Digital Covid Certificate based on a negative RT-PCR test result through Tropical Medical Bureau (TMB), Ireland’s leading travel medicine clinic group. TMB is listed as a government-approved supplier for the EU Digital Covid Certificate based on negative COVID-19 PCR and Antigen tests. Certificates based on a negative RT-PCR test result are valid for 72 hours after the test was taken.
TMB offer private PCR testing service to patients with same-day results, inclusive of the EU DCC, for €99 at their test centres in Leopardstown Racecourse and TMB Kilkenny, and at selected TMB travel health clinics around Ireland. Antigen tests are available at selected TMB clinics from €45 with results in 30 minutes.
After completing the PCR test with TMB, test results and the EU Digital Covid Certificate will be available for download on the same day via the myTMB web portal. Patients can contact TMB’s expert clinicians with any questions they may have regarding their test results.
Tropical Medical Bureau (TMB) work in partnership with the Irish lab group, PlusVital to process the tests. The sample will undergo laboratory analysis that has a >98% accuracy rate at detecting an active COVID-19 coronavirus infection.
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About Tropical Medical Bureau Group
The Tropical Medical Bureau Group (encompassing Nomad Travel in the UK) is the leading travel medicine clinic group in Ireland, specialists in providing the best information and medical care available for the international traveller. Collectively, the TMB Group sees approximately 60,000 patients on an annual basis, ranging from the private holidaymaker to employees of commercial companies, and overseas volunteers to NGO’s and Government departments, all of whom benefit from the expertise of our highly experienced clinic staff.
Since it was founded in 1988, TMB has undergone major growth and expansion to currently encompass 27 clinics, 20 clinics in Ireland (four base clinics and 16 associate clinics). In 2016, TMB acquired Nomad Travel Clinics in the UK. Nomad Travel Clinics has 30 years experience in travel health, pharmacy & retail, throughout 7 clinics across the UK.
What distinguishes TMB is our vast experience and expertise, as well as our superb patient aftercare. All our patients have a detailed consultation with one of our specialised healthcare staff. This covers everything from food and water risks, mosquito avoidance, malaria and thrombosis, as well as risks associated from altitude exposure, and also Zika and COVID-19 risks, which may be associated with your trip. Following a detailed consultation, we then decide on which travel vaccines and malaria tablets are appropriate. Our specialised travel medicine software is constantly being updated with travel news, so if anything is happening in your destination that you need to be aware of, we’ll make sure you are.