Originally Posted by
offvoice
I booked an appointment and had to input my flight date - so I guess yes? A lot of labs I called or tried to book through Doctissimo were refusing travelers upfront, Synlab didn't. I booked from
this link for an appointment in Paris. I'll share back turnaround time once done (in 2 weeks).
As for the cost, no mention of anything on the lab's website - but then again, my understanding is that it's free if you have a French social security number anyway. If no one reports back here by then, I'll ask them if they cover the cost for non-FR patients if they produce an AF ticket.
To report back on this. I had an appointment at the Synlab lab in front of Necker hospital yesterday at 9:30am. I received by results today around 11:45am (so turnaround of 24 hours give or take) by text message (telling me whether I was positive or not - I'm not
), and the access to their online platform was enabled about 2 hours later. From there I was able to download my test results, a one-pager with your name, and a detailed result in French and an overview result in English (on the same page).
The text in English reads:
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SARS CoV-2 RNA screening (RT-PCR)
RT-PCR - XXXXX - AUTOMATE BIORAD
Absence of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus RNA, test is negative
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