Originally Posted by
jspear
I just read this entire thread from start to finish and somewhere in here a poster mentioned that EK staff have been trained to look for buzzwords on Covid test printouts like "PCR" and "nasal". The problem, which another poster pointed out, is that not all lab printouts describe tests the same way. For example, I just received a deep nasal swab test described as "Molecular COVID-19". It is not an antibody test, nor is it an antigen test.
I'd love any additional data points folks have on test printouts that are routinely being accepted and/or rejected by Emirates for boarding.
Thanks.
PCR tests are molecular tests (i.e. checking the genetic material of the sample). I don't think there is a standard "EK way" as every country/lab has different ways of printing results. If you are checking into to an EK flight from the same country you took the test, it's likely check-in agent has seen your type of test result since new rules on August 1. So unless your test is from an obscure lab, should be fine. If concerned, perhaps ask the lab to provide you with the detail of the test type?
For example, the last test we took (outside the UAE) was not nasal (it was fine).