Qatar Airways has updated their website to reflect what others have heard: "The PCR test has to be conducted within maximum of 72 hours prior to departure to Maldives, counting from the first port of embarkation enroute to the Maldives".... as far as I'm concerned, this means from my first flight at 7:00 A.M from SMF to ORD. I'll have my itinerary printed out, but confident enough now that having three separate tickets to get to MLE won't be an issue.

Anybody know if the country cares about the specific PCR test name, other than SARS-Cov-2 PCR?