Anna Pharmacy | PCR Test, Antigen Test and Travel clinic services

The Fit-to-Fly certificate has become a prerequisite for international travel in these post-pandemic days. If you’re suffering from cabin fever and are ready to explore far-off places again with your airplane ticket booked and ready to go, now what should you do?   Many countries are now requiring foreigners to have a “Fit to Fly” PCR Test Certificate to show at airport check-in. Before you leave you need to take the PCR fit to fly test within 72 hours of departure. The Fit to Fly Certificate must state that your Covid-19 PCR Test was negative and that you’re fit to travel!   Anna Pharmacy has over 15 locations in South London that offer the Fit to Fly PCR Test in addition to other Covid-19 testing options.   What Is a PCR Test?     A PCR Test (Polymerase Chain Reaction) is an antigen test used to detect the presence of Coronavirus and identify whether or not someone has the virus very early on in their illness. The advantage of PCR tests is that they are very accurate and o

At the first sign of a sore throat or right after that first sneeze, our minds go straight to Covid-19. This is a new phenomenon. Before the thought of a common cold or the flu, while not particularly pleasant, didn’t scare us. However, as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, a simple cold or flu symptom can now mean so much more.   So, instead of ignoring cold and flu-like symptoms and hoping that they go away, the best thing you can do to protect yourself and your loved ones is to take a Covid-19 Antigen test . Perhaps you’ve been exposed to someone with Covid-19 and you are worried about your health, a simple antigen test can give you results fast.   Visit one of our many Anna Pharmacy locations throughout South London to get your Covid-19 test in our pharmacy or pick up a Covid19 Antigen Test kit to do a self-administered test at home.   What is a Rapid Antigen Test?   The Antigen Test (also known as the Rapid Antigen test) is a diagnostic method used to detect the prese

Only scientists, researchers, and people in the medical field have been familiar with Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests for years. But since COVID-19 rapidly spread around the world in 2020, people have started to talk about getting a PCR test to know if the virus infects them. The UK government advised getting tested before leaving the country for a trip. It is because a fit to fly PCR test certificate could be a requirement for your trip abroad. But as you book your COVID-19 travel test, it would be interesting to know how PCR tests work and what is its other purposes such as checking genetically modified DNAs. What is a PCR Test? PCR is a laboratory-developed technique that can create millions of copies of DNA from a tiny sample. This process, invented in 1983 by Dr. Kary Mullis, is scientifically referred to as DNA amplification. There are plenty of uses for PCR other than checking if you contracted the COVID-19 virus. Some of the most practical ones include amplifying