Covid test re entry 1 day before
Feb 2nd 2022, 8:12 am
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Covid test re entry 1 day before
Hey there, just wandering if anyone has flown back into the US recently. I seen where you need to have a negative covid test max 1 day before departure. My flight is 10am next Saturday but hard to get a covid test where I'm at within a day without going to an airport the day off 7hrs before checking. Could I do a test on a Thursday evening and still be ok?
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Steve
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Steve
Feb 2nd 2022, 8:50 am
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Re: Covid test re entry 1 day before
No, it can't be older than one calendar day before you depart.
Do you realize that you can use a lateral flow test as long as it's proctored (i.e. somebody watches you do it)? There are tests that meet this requirement available to buy in the UK and US and complete at home in 15 mins.
Do you realize that you can use a lateral flow test as long as it's proctored (i.e. somebody watches you do it)? There are tests that meet this requirement available to buy in the UK and US and complete at home in 15 mins.
Feb 2nd 2022, 8:59 am
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Re: Covid test re entry 1 day before
I thought it had to be a proper test center pcr test. Didn't think a lateral flow would be suffice
Feb 2nd 2022, 9:04 am
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Re: Covid test re entry 1 day before
I’ve used Qured before, they’re very good.
Feb 2nd 2022, 9:05 am
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Re: Covid test re entry 1 day before
Nope, you can use a rapid test.
Look at the CDC website: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...travelers.html
My mum flew into the US at Thanksgiving with a Breathe Assured rapid test and I traveled back to the US last year with a BinaxNOW rapid test bought via emed.com.
Look at the CDC website: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...travelers.html
You can use a self-test (sometimes referred to as home test) that meets the following criteria:
- The test must be a SARS-CoV-2 viral test (nucleic acid amplification test [NAAT] or antigen test) with Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) OR the relevant national authority where the test is administered.
- The testing procedure must include a telehealth service affiliated with the manufacturer of the test that provides real-time supervision remotely through an audio and video connection. Some FDA-authorized self-tests that include a telehealth service may require a prescription.
- The telehealth provider must confirm your identity, observe the sample collection and testing procedures, confirm the test result, and issue a report that meets the requirements of CDC’s Order (see “What information must be included in the test result?” below).
- Airlines and other aircraft operators must be able to review and confirm your identity and the test result details. You must also be able to present the documentation of test results to U.S. officials at the port of entry and local/state health departments, if requested.
Feb 2nd 2022, 11:21 am
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Re: Covid test re entry 1 day before
We had a lateral flow test the day before we flew back, at the test center at the airport, just after new year. The test was at 11.0am and the flight the next day was 7.0am, and we had to change planes at LHR, after 11.0am, but it all went well, and didn't have any problems with the timing of the test. It only took a max 2hrs to get the results back.
Feb 3rd 2022, 2:59 am
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Re: Covid test re entry 1 day before
Companies like Qured will send you the lateral flow test via the post... you have to book a video slot beforehand as your test must monitored and a certificate saying this is provided.
I was there at christmas and left it too late to do this at home. :-( So I had a trip to Birmingham airport the night before my flight.
LHR has testing sites at the terminal so that may be an option? Do the drive through test at the airport, drop off the car ( or be dropped off) and then your test result with certificate should be with you in about 30 minutes
I was there at christmas and left it too late to do this at home. :-( So I had a trip to Birmingham airport the night before my flight.
LHR has testing sites at the terminal so that may be an option? Do the drive through test at the airport, drop off the car ( or be dropped off) and then your test result with certificate should be with you in about 30 minutes
Feb 3rd 2022, 4:15 am
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Re: Covid test re entry 1 day before
I flew back from Heathrow last week.
Stayed in the Hilton at terminal 2 night before the flight.
Booked a test at 5:30 pm for 1 hour later.
Walked over to the test center in the terminal 6:30 pm.
Was out by 6:35
Results in 30 mins.
I think it was 35 ukp
Stayed in the Hilton at terminal 2 night before the flight.
Booked a test at 5:30 pm for 1 hour later.
Walked over to the test center in the terminal 6:30 pm.
Was out by 6:35
Results in 30 mins.
I think it was 35 ukp
Feb 3rd 2022, 4:47 am
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