Travellers need negative test for Covid before they arrive in Northern Ireland Eileen Lynch (94) receives the first of two doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, administered by Dr Michael McKenna, at Falls Surgery on the Falls Road, Belfast, earlier this month. Picture by Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/Press Association 18 January, 2021 01:00 Travellers need to prove they have tested negative for Covid-19 before they will be allowed into Northern Ireland. File picture by Peter Byrne, Press Association INTERNATIONAL travellers will need to test negative for Covid-19 before they arrive in Northern Ireland. The new measure will be introduced on Thursday, health minister Robin Swann announced last night.