RT-PCR test before travel

[HashBrownHarry]

What happens if your 72 hours expires before you land?

 

With 3 tests in quarantine ( test one on day one ) does it matter?

 

I have a long flight with a long layover and PCR test before flying takes 24 hours for results.

 

Thanks.

[ubonjoe]

For entry the 72 hours is from the day the covid 19 test result certificate is issued. It is not from the day the test is done.

From certificate of entry site. "Medical certificate attesting that the traveler is free from COVID-19, using RT-PCR method, issued no more than 72 hours before travelling,"

Source is number 4 here. https://coethailand.mfa.go.th/regis/step?language=en

[Freeduhdum]

Comes down to gauging how long your lab will turn around the test of course. Ask how long the turn around time is and then ask the health provider to schedule the obtaining of the sample accordingly and ask them to ask the lab to time and date the certificate on the last possible moment on the day you fly. These labs all know the 72 hour rule/issue. Another thing to consider the wording is:

Medical certificate with a laboratory result indicating that COVID-19 is not detected, using RT-PCR test, issued within 72 hours before departure (in case of connecting flights, before embarkation from initial port).

I would argue that means the time starts when the medical certificate by the health provider (doctor) is issued showing the traveler is free from covid-19. Not the time starts when the lab report is issued. And... more to your question, it seems to me it is stressing that departure is the key. The main rule is the Medical certificate needs to issued no more than 72 hours before departure and no mention of that 72 hour time window extending into the actual flight. But that is just my interpretation of it. I mean, if I arrived 72 hours beyond the issuance time and date, and they want to reject that, I would be arguing that the requirement is not a 72 hour transit rule, but rather a 72 issuance to departure/embarkation, not disembarkation. Anyone have a personal experience and are able to clarify?

Edited May 21, 2021 by Freeduhdum
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[ubonjoe]

15 minutes ago, Freeduhdum said:

I would argue that means the time starts when the medical certificate by the health provider (doctor) is issued showing the traveler is free from covid-19.

A medical certificate signed by a doctor is not required. Just a certificate stating the test was done and the result was negative within 72 hours of departure done by the lab doing the test.

[DFPhuket]

A laboratory result (not the test) using the RT-PCR method must be issued no more than 72 hours before departure (source: Royal Thai Embassy, USA). Several other embassies have confirmed that it is your test result that must be within 72 hours of your first flight.

 

If you have a multi leg itinerary (e.g., New York/Dubai/Bangkok) and your first flight from New York departs on Friday at 10 AM, your negative RT-PCR test result must be issued sometime after 10 AM on Tuesday. 

[Freeduhdum]

4 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

A medical certificate signed by a doctor is not required. Just a certificate stating the test was done and the result was negative within 72 hours of departure done by the lab doing the test.

Ok... So is there a particular "Certificate" document that needs to be filled out? And/Or do the lab documents become the "medical Certificate"? Because it says "Medical certificate with a laboratory result indicating that COVID-19 is not detected" that suggests to things, or two separate evidences, two separate documents?

[ubonjoe]

2 minutes ago, Freeduhdum said:

And/Or do the lab documents become the "medical Certificate"?

Yes

Just poor wording calling it a medical certificate. All that is needed is the test result.

[HashBrownHarry]

5 hours ago, DFPhuket said:

A laboratory result (not the test) using the RT-PCR method must be issued no more than 72 hours before departure (source: Royal Thai Embassy, USA). Several other embassies have confirmed that it is your test result that must be within 72 hours of your first flight.

 

If you have a multi leg itinerary (e.g., New York/Dubai/Bangkok) and your first flight from New York departs on Friday at 10 AM, your negative RT-PCR test result must be issued sometime after 10 AM on Tuesday. 

Yes, this is what i thought it was, just wanted confirmation.

 

Also it's the time the sample is taken that counts not the time the certificate is issued.

 

Thanks for all the replies.

[roobaa01]

I have received 2 yabs with astra 2 weeks ago returning in june to thailand, why must i undergo the pcr test ???? its thai red tape 

wbr

roobaa01

Edited May 21, 2021 by roobaa01

[hotandsticky]

3 minutes ago, roobaa01 said:

I have received 2 yabs with astra 2 weeks ago returning in june to thailand, why must i undergo the pcr test ???? its thai red tape 

wbr

roobaa01

 

 

You do understand that you can still contract Covid-19 (and spread it) even after two jabs.

[roobaa01]

3 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

You do understand that you can still contract Covid-19 (and spread it) even after two jabs.

recent studies uk,europe ....point in a different direction.

wbr

roobaa01

[hotandsticky]

1 hour ago, roobaa01 said:

recent studies uk,europe ....point in a different direction.

wbr

roobaa01

 

 

A supporting reference:-

 

https://www.wfla.com/8-on-your-side/breakthrough-cases-can-i-get-covid-19-if-im-fully-vaccinated/

[Dan O]

6 hours ago, HashBrownHarry said:

Yes, this is what i thought it was, just wanted confirmation.

 

Also it's the time the sample is taken that counts not the time the certificate is issued.

 

Thanks for all the replies.

It is within 72 hours of departure flight that the Test Result Report or Certificate being issued not the sample being taken. 

[HashBrownHarry]

1 hour ago, Dan O said:

It is within 72 hours of departure flight that the Test Result Report or Certificate being issued not the sample being taken. 

It's not

[ubonjoe]

9 hours ago, HashBrownHarry said:

It's not

Sorry you are wrong. Various sources of info has contradicted what you stated.

Perhaps one more source will convince you. From this map from the IATA after clicking Thailand on it.

 https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/world.php