pianotuna wrote:
magicbus wrote:
Our Canadian neighbors flying home tomorrow had to get a PCR test yesterday afternoon. They said it needed to be a PCR within 3 days of the border crossing.
Dave
The most recent information still says 24 hours.
A PCR TEST timeline is 72 hours, Rapid Test ie Antigen is 24 hours but read the Government info as shown below on stretching the 24 hour timeline, PCR test no longer required unless you need or feel safer with more time to get results back, usually PCR Test is much more expensive....and more reliable....but both are Canadian government oversights and should be halted, everyone as a Snowbird should contact their MP on this, I have and he is working on it.
From the Government website;
"the one day window does not depend on the time of day the test was taken or the time of your flight or entry
for example, if your flight is scheduled to leave or you enter by land any time on Friday, you could provide proof of a negative result from an antigen test taken any time on Thursday, or on Friday"
So if you really wanted to stretch it you could get the test at 1201am Tuesday and show up at the Canadian border on Wednesday at 1159PM....don't think I would stretch it that far but according to the Government info they do give flexibility of the 24 hours, doing the above might just stretch their patience a tad far BUT its in their info for Rapid Tests.....LOL
