Recovery from Covid Letter/Certificate [merged thread]
Jun 7, 2022, 2:14 am
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Hi all,
does anyone know if a Registered Nurse note would be acceptable? We are in a remote community and no doctors
does anyone know if a Registered Nurse note would be acceptable? We are in a remote community and no doctors
Jun 7, 2022, 3:47 am
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I don’t know, but I would assume that if you have the letterhead, etc, it should work. In the US, nurse practitioners are medical providers.
Jun 7, 2022, 12:26 pm
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Jun 7, 2022, 12:33 pm
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Yes, so long as local clinical protocols have been followed and can be verified backwards if necessary. So in the UK nurses have PINs which are check-able online, to give one example. I know the USA accepts all those on the UK clinical registers, though there is a local need to stick to protocols relating to the relevant Royal College or whatever applies.
Jun 7, 2022, 3:20 pm
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That's the (hopefully negative) test to fly back to the USA. I'm asking about the POSITIVE test to prove that you had COVID-19, so that you can get the recovered and fit to fly letter (which is the topic for this thread).
Jun 7, 2022, 3:20 pm
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Some of those recovery certs/letters are based on positive antigen tests. Whether they should be or not.
The Hyatt Place LHR tests that I get for my travel party members LHR-US trips are antigen tests that cost less than £15. That test center isn’t in the business of issuing recovery certificates/letter AFAIK.
The Hyatt Place LHR tests that I get for my travel party members LHR-US trips are antigen tests that cost less than £15. That test center isn’t in the business of issuing recovery certificates/letter AFAIK.
Jun 7, 2022, 4:13 pm
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I know that some countries (IIRC Canada for example) require a PCR test combined with the documentation of recovery letter or certificate, but I've seem different versions of the USA rule for flying to the USA. In fact, I'm not even sure that all airlines are following the same "rule" as how ten days is counted seems to vary.
Jun 7, 2022, 5:43 pm
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I know that some countries (IIRC Canada for example) require a PCR test combined with the documentation of recovery letter or certificate, but I've seem different versions of the USA rule for flying to the USA. In fact, I'm not even sure that all airlines are following the same "rule" as how ten days is counted seems to vary.
Jun 7, 2022, 6:05 pm
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IIRC there is some random testing upon arrival and the previous positive test result plus a recovery letter exempt an arriving passenger from this process.
Jun 7, 2022, 6:59 pm
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Need some reference to any official explanations of the rules for my specific situation: father, mother and sister were slated to fly back to the US via LH. Dad started experiencing mild symptoms and tested positive the day of travel when they took the PCRs necessary for US-bound travel. Sister tested positive today (June 2nd) but mother is still negative while having symptoms. They delayed their flights and their trip to the US is slated to begin at 11:45 pm their time on June 14th. I know the requirements say that a positive test can be used instead of a negative test if 10-90 days have passed, and mom has the option to test on June 3 and/or 4 in case she tests positive. If she tests positive during a sample taken the morning of June 4th, would LH or any other airlines be anal and not consider it 10 days to June 14th for any reason? The sample would be taken 10 days and perhaps 12 hours before departure. There's also a chance she could get tested on June 3rd but we don't obviously know if she'll test positive or negative despite the symptoms.
We tried to use this service yesterday (before I discovered my timeline is wrong) and I’m not convinced it’s legit. I don’t think you can use it if you don’t have WhatsApp and we filled out the form yesterday morning for an appointment and we have heard nothing ever since, crickets. So now I don’t trust it; I don’t trust that she can get a recovery certificate from them in time to fly…
My daughter and I are in travel purgatory.
The more I think about this the more I think that Toronto might be our best bet, as it’s a sure thing. I don’t like this feeling of not knowing who, how and when my daughter can get her recovery certificate. It truly might just be easier to do the Toronto route.
FYI, I am 4x Pfizer and my last booster was on April 5, 2022.
My daughter and I are in travel purgatory.
The more I think about this the more I think that Toronto might be our best bet, as it’s a sure thing. I don’t like this feeling of not knowing who, how and when my daughter can get her recovery certificate. It truly might just be easier to do the Toronto route.
FYI, I am 4x Pfizer and my last booster was on April 5, 2022.
No, it can be a proctored home antigen test.
Jun 8, 2022, 1:36 am
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FWIW, my daughter still has not been contacted by the recovery certificate WhatsApp people.
Jun 8, 2022, 3:22 pm
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Jun 8, 2022, 6:27 pm
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Does anyone have experience with TK. I have just started to have some potential symptoms yesterday, but will get the test sometime this afternoon.
Jun 9, 2022, 1:53 am
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(€35 for recovery letter and it took about 4 hours to get it).
She has used WhatsApp before to speak with gamers around the world, so while I didn’t ask her specifically, I’ll assume she knew what to do, but in the meantime we didn’t need it. Thanks though.
Fingers crossed. We are headed to Shannon airport in about 10 mins.
Edited: we are boarding now!
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Jun 9, 2022, 3:55 am
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Would an EU Digital/printed out, Recovery certificate be sufficient for travel to US without test?
It's in the same form as the EU Vaccination cert.
It states: "Disease recovered from: Covid-19"
Issued by: Ministry of Health,Welfare and Sport
Valid from: xxx
And a QR code etc.
It's in the same form as the EU Vaccination cert.
It states: "Disease recovered from: Covid-19"
Issued by: Ministry of Health,Welfare and Sport
Valid from: xxx
And a QR code etc.