Originally Posted by NJFlyer_HOHO

Hi, I desperately need the herd knowledge and insights. My dad is flying to China in a few weeks. He is based in EWR. He will need to get to CAN. He has booked his flights. Now we have to figure out what he needs to do to satisfy the chinese government covid requirements.

Here is the detail:

EWR-LAX (on UA) - Sunday 3PM-5:45PM
6 hour layover @ LAX
LAX-CAN (on CZ) - Sunday 11:50PM

The problem is that we learned that a negative PCR covid test 2 days and upload the negative test report to get a green code with HDC mark before he departs LAX.

With that as the premise, that would mean my dad would need to
1) Friday 11;50PM - Get his covid test done at an authorized lab (which is somewhere in NYC)
2) Saturday - Results back in 24 hours (hopefully it will be back evening of Saturday; upload the results and then get the green code
3) Sunday - Depart EWR. Board the CZ flight without the green code expire

As you can see, it is just not possible to get a COVID test done on Friday at midnight. That would mean he needs to get his test done on Saturday. And that would mean he won't get his results back on Sunday (day of travel). Who knows how long it would take to get the green code (being that it's a Sunday).

So, guys, I really need some help here to decipher what I (my dad) needs to do.

TIA!