Corona tests make travel easier. On the other hand, the costs can also put a huge strain on the wallet - and they do! IATA boss Willie Walsh now sees governments as an obligation.

In the best-case scenario, these should bear the costs for the prescribed CoV tests and also accept more cost-effective rapid antigen tests. Due to the delta variant, many countries only allow entry with valid PCR tests, which usually cost significantly more. The test costs differed considerably from country to country and would have lost the relation to the actual costs, criticizes Walsh. He particularly emphasizes Great Britain negatively. The costs there are high in the best case and “extortionate” in the worst case.