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Originally Posted by kunez (Post 33941072)

Thank you! One more question - generally all the labs in Ludhiana (where we will be quarantining) mention it can take 24-48 hours to receive results from a RT-PCR test. Does this mean we need to quarantine another 1-2 days after day 8 while we wait for test results?

You could get a rapid PCR test which gives results within an hour. Not a rapid antigen test, a rapid PCR test. It's more expensive that regular PCR though.

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Originally Posted by leonidas (Post 33941344)

You could get a rapid PCR test which gives results within an hour. Not a rapid antigen test, a rapid PCR test. It's more expensive that regular PCR though.

I havent been able to find a rapid PCR facility in Ludiahana, but will keep looking.

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Originally Posted by kunez (Post 33942784)

I havent been able to find a rapid PCR facility in Ludiahana, but will keep looking.

Not sure, but I doubt there are labs in India that do rapid tests. However, you can buy Rapid Tests and take the test yourself for your own peace of mind.

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Originally Posted by knit-in (Post 33942835)

Not sure, but I doubt there are labs in India that do rapid tests. However, you can buy Rapid Tests and take the test yourself for your own peace of mind.

Re: self tests: Coviself, Covifind and PanBio (the Indian version of binaxnow) are approved by ICMR and available on amazon.in

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Originally Posted by malgudi (Post 33952580)

Re: self tests: Coviself, Covifind and PanBio (the Indian version of binaxnow) are approved by ICMR and available on amazon.in

And at most (big) medical stores as well. I've used Coviself and it's fairly straight forward although they make you download an app for verification...only thing is to make sure you have a safe way of disposing it after use. The instruction leaflet instructs to dispose with household waste which is incorrect - it should be disposed with sanitary waste instead.

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Originally Posted by malgudi (Post 33952580)

Re: self tests: Coviself, Covifind and PanBio (the Indian version of binaxnow) are approved by ICMR and available on amazon.in

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Originally Posted by superboi (Post 33956335)

Been listening to radio commercials on the car radio. :D

I plan to fly into CCU later this month and was concerned to find this on a government site (especially #3 below):

Passengers must complete the self-declaration form before departure. They must select ‘Air Suvidha’ on the right top corner at www.newdelhiairport.in
Passengers are subject to medical screening.
Passengers are subject to quarantine for 7 days.

Since my partner and I will be staying in hotels, does this mean that they will force us to split up and spend 7 days in the hotel, in different rooms? Do we have to have a 7-day reservation in the same hotel in advance? And what happens if we do not have that? Can the local government force us to spend the 7-day quarantine in one of their dirty 'government facilities'?

In any case we were planning to spend only about 4 days in CCU and then move elsewhere in India.

I understand I am perhaps getting a little paranoid here, but I certainly do not want to spend even 1 hour in one of these places, let alone seven days! Short of cancelling the trip altogether, what would the India experts on this forum suggest?

You stay in the same hotel room, no problem. The WB authorities are currently not checking the home q. Make sure you give an adress you can be found at and a number you can be reached at when filing the air suvidha form.

No quarantine anymore :) from 14th Feb..

https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/Guideli...bruary2022.pdf