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hopeful_me Mar 24, 2022 11:06 am

PCR test results with embedded QR code?
 
Some countries require PCR test results for incoming passengers to contain a QR code (embedded in the document, I assume).

Does anyone know an institution/lab in Israel that supplements test results with a QR?

I know that check2fly, one of the cheapest options for a PCR test, doesn't offer QR.

davidcamp6 Mar 25, 2022 2:37 am


Originally Posted by hopeful_me (Post 34103172)
Some countries require PCR test results for incoming passengers to contain a QR code (embedded in the document, I assume).

Does anyone know an institution/lab in Israel that supplements test results with a QR?

I know that check2fly, one of the cheapest options for a PCR test, doesn't offer QR.

I appreciate that this is true for a vaccination certificate, but hadn't realised it was also the case for a PCR test. Which country are you thinking of travelling to?

hopeful_me Mar 25, 2022 4:30 am


Originally Posted by davidcamp6 (Post 34105129)
Which country are you thinking of travelling to?

Tanzania. I think that is the case for traveling to Kenya too.

davidcamp6 Mar 25, 2022 5:57 am

I see that now, having just scrolled through my Israeli conducted tests, none of them have a QR code.
Maybe contact Femi to discuss:"Femi" operates a public information service via multiple options:
Email: [email protected]
WhatsApp at the number 052-2822170
Call center at the number 03-5688505 (active 24/7)

Apologies I cannot be of more help

awayIgo Mar 25, 2022 6:15 am

I took my exit antigen, on 22/3, (for travel to US) at Be pharm. it was done by Test&Go - Femi and it had a QR code. It was taken FOR travel, so maybe that is why, David, where your non QR coded results taken for travel or as an Israeli getting tested for other reasons?

hopeful_me Mar 25, 2022 10:25 am

Many thanks for your replies, will talk to Femi.

Meanwhile, called Assuta and they claim that their results have a QR code, though their tests seem to be the most expensive on the market. Also called AIDG who said they will get back to me with an answer, but nada thus far.

davidcamp6 Mar 26, 2022 1:04 am


Originally Posted by awayIgo (Post 34105394)
I took my exit antigen, on 22/3, (for travel to US) at Be pharm. it was done by Test&Go - Femi and it had a QR code. It was taken FOR travel, so maybe that is why, David, where your non QR coded results taken for travel or as an Israeli getting tested for other reasons?

I had the one done at my hotel through Tourist Israel to return to the UK....expensive but much less hassle for a visitor.

nsoltz Mar 26, 2022 7:09 am

Tanzania no longer requires PCR-- or any test for that matter-- for entry for vaccinated travelers. The printed requirements stipulate vaccination proof with QR code. You can create a vaccination proof with Go Get Doc Vax. Free online.

hopeful_me Mar 26, 2022 10:25 am


Originally Posted by nsoltz (Post 34108319)
Tanzania no longer requires PCR-- or any test for that matter-- for entry for vaccinated travelers.

That is not entirely correct. Travelers landing in DAR are indeed exempt from PCR tests, but ZNZ (Zanzibar) has different rules. From Timatic:

Passengers traveling to Zanzibar (ZNZ) must have a negative COVID-19 NAAT or RT-PCR test taken at most 72 hours before departure from the first embarkation point. The test certificate must have a QR code.

nsoltz Mar 26, 2022 11:10 am

Zanzibar changed their requirements within the last few hours of this writing in order to be consistent with Tanzania.

The question for this forum, of course, is whether or when Israel will relax any of the requirements.

And has anyone heard any updates on the availability of a choice between standard PCR offered on arrival and a rapid PCR with results in several hours? There was some chatter about that.

hopeful_me Mar 26, 2022 11:22 am


Originally Posted by nsoltz (Post 34108811)
Zanzibar changed their requirements within the last few hours of this writing in order to be consistent with Tanzania.

Thanks. Do you have a source for that? Not seeing an update in Timatic or on the news.


Originally Posted by nsoltz (Post 34108811)
And has anyone heard any updates on the availability of a choice between standard PCR offered on arrival and a rapid PCR with results in several hours?

There was some talk of that, but on my last trip (10 days ago) it wasn't yet offered. But regular PCR on arrival results usually come in within 6-8 hours.

nsoltz Mar 26, 2022 12:46 pm

Source for Zanaibar
https://tatotz.org/zanzibar-travel-a...th-march-2022/


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