Do I need to pay for a Covid test before flying back from a green list country like Malta?

Simon Calder answers your questions on returning home from holiday hotspots, prebooking private tests and holiday refunds

Malta may be on the green list – but leaving the island will have you swimming in bureaucracy (Alamy/PA)

Q Coming back from “green list” countries, I understand you have to book a Covid test prior to the time you fly. Do you need to pay for it, and what language should the results be in: the country’s language? Or is English OK?

Jen J

A Coming back even from a green list country such as Malta, Gibraltar or Iceland, the bureaucracy of testing and form-filling is complex and costly. So allow me to run through it.