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Covid test results timeline for travel
#234021
09/08/2020 10:36 AM
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Re: Covid test results timeline for travel
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09/08/2020 04:37 PM
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If this is not the test currently required for SXM, not sure of the relevance to posting the link on the SXM forum.
J.D.
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Re: Covid test results timeline for travel
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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09/09/2020 11:46 AM
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Reliability of testing is my concern. My neighbors family went to get tested after they signed up on line to take the test. After waiting over 4 hours the left without taking test. 4 days later they all 3 got notice they all texted positive. Huh. They didn't take the test. This appears to be happening in many areas as I personally know of multiple instances just like this. No test given and a result was recorded. But this has nothing to do with SXM and their entry requirements.
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Re: Covid test results timeline for travel
[Re: RI Bob C]
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09/09/2020 12:39 PM
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Best wishes!! I hope you are able to do your trip. Please keep us updated when you can.
Carol Hill
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Re: Covid test results timeline for travel
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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09/09/2020 02:16 PM
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Yup...definitely keep us informed. I have a Sunday arrival which won't work anyway but if testing can be resolved I would not hesitate to add a few days to make it a Thursday or Friday arrival
...and...good luck
Last edited by boucharda; 09/09/2020 02:18 PM.
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Re: Covid test results timeline for travel
[Re: johnhill]
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09/09/2020 03:50 PM
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I wouldn't necessarily believe anything on SMN news, but 5 days would be a huge difference.
Carol Hill
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Re: Covid test results timeline for travel
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09/09/2020 05:21 PM
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Minister of TEATT said today in the press briefing they are looking to go to the French model. 5 days with a second test on day 8 if you are still here
Elaine ********************************* God Bless the broken road....
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Re: Covid test results timeline for travel
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09/09/2020 06:44 PM
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Five days would be good. We are scheduled to arrive in SXM on Sunday, October 4. Rhode Island seems to be on top of their testing game, but I’m still anxious about getting results in time. It will be an adventure, for sure!
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Re: Covid test results timeline for travel
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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09/10/2020 06:45 AM
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Thoughts: ...the five day requirement is a biggie but the retesting in a week sounds like a money maker....sorry....an extra $250 per couple. Visitors from FL that fly to Maine need a neg test before arrival....and that's the end of it. ...and Maine is pretty strict ..."RI on top of the game"...did you read the article in the ProJo that I mentioned? On top in getting tested....occasionally very weak on getting results ...I will worry about going to the French side after I can actually get to the Island. I love the French side but it's step two and really has nothing to do with step one since the requirements on the Dutch side are presently more restrictive. It's not about testing days...it's about cases. ...no responses to my inquiry which I thought kinda pertinent: I have no issue with being tested on arrival but is a neg test mandatory to get on the plane?
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Re: Covid test results timeline for travel
[Re: boucharda]
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09/10/2020 09:01 AM
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As far as the re-testing in a week, IF that were to happen, I think it would have the effect of making people shorten their stay. And if there is a re-test, do you have to quarantine yourself until the results are known? I assume so. Let's say that takes overnight. If it were ME and I was scheduled to stay for 10-11 days, I might well reduce my stay to 7 or 8 days, the longest I could go without re-testing, so I don't have to pay for the re-test and the hotel, etc., only to be cooped up in the room for day that I paid for and basically couldn't use.. And let's just say you were supposed to re-test and you don't? What happens? Do they send the Gestapo to round you up to take you to be tested? I get the impression this re-test thing is what they are talking about, to try to get the border re-opened?
As far as your question, boucharda, official policy is that you have to have a negative test to get on the plane, yes. Official policy is also that it has to be a PCR test, taken AND results received, within 72 hours. We know that they are not strictly enforcing the latter. As to strict enforcement of the former, who knows??????????
Carol Hill
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Re: Covid test results timeline for travel
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09/10/2020 09:21 AM
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The "re-test in 7 days" requirement is one of the things which the French used to justify opening St Barth's borders. The absence of that requirement in St Maarten was specifically stated as one of the reasons for closing the French side/Dutch side border.
As to what happens if it becomes a requirement and you don't do it, what happens now if you don't do the daily check-in every morning for the first 14 days of your stay?
Last edited by Bahston; 09/10/2020 09:24 AM.
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Re: Covid test results timeline for travel
[Re: BeachKitten]
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09/10/2020 09:48 AM
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Leona--I haven't booked my airfare for June next year yet, as I was hoping for airfares to go down. But with this crap, I may just end up doing a week, which certainly is not my first choice. I will definitely go, but if I have to do this other crap, will probably just stay for a week.
Carol Hill
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Re: Covid test results timeline for travel
[Re: Bahston]
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09/10/2020 09:50 AM
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Whoa! The 72 hour requirement for testing is already one major pita but......
“"................ what happens now if you don't do the daily check-in every morning for the first 14 days of your stay?“
My bad, but I was totally unaware of this - Is this required of every visitor and if so, to whom and how does one report in daily? And, if known, what is the penalty if one doesn’t check in?
Respectfully,
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Re: Covid test results timeline for travel
[Re: Bahston]
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09/10/2020 10:15 AM
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The "re-test in 7 days" requirement is one of the things which the French used to justify opening St Barth's borders. The absence of that requirement in St Maarten was specifically stated as one of the reasons for closing the French side/Dutch side border.
As to what happens if it becomes a requirement and you don't do it, what happens now if you don't do the daily check-in every morning for the first 14 days of your stay? What is this daily check in you speak of??
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Re: Covid test results timeline for travel
[Re: kim]
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09/10/2020 10:25 AM
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It apparently has been the case since the beginning, although I didn't know about it until maybe about a week ago. You are supposed to check your temperature and send an email to someone every day with your temperature. Of course, it seems totally window dressing to me, as who is going to say you even took your temp? Just send in a fake reading every day. And as to what happens if you don't do it, who knows??????
Carol Hill
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Re: Covid test results timeline for travel
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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09/10/2020 02:29 PM
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Thank you, Bahston. Just one more thing to think about.
Respectfully,
pat
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Re: Covid test results timeline for travel
[Re: Bahston]
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09/10/2020 03:42 PM
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...what happens now if you don't do the daily check-in every morning for the first 14 days of your stay? And what happens if you only stay on the French side?
--ChiTownHarry
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Re: Covid test results timeline for travel
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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09/10/2020 03:49 PM
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What does one do with the test results? Where do we show them? JetBlue told someone they must send them into SXM. Sounds pretty bazar to me!
Last edited by JoeC047; 09/10/2020 03:52 PM. Reason: Added something.
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Re: Covid test results timeline for travel
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09/10/2020 04:02 PM
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If I remember correctly you download/add it the result report to the health info form (and I would bring a hard copy with me). It's in the guidelines
On an unrelated but maybe related note...USVI just downgraded their restrictions. Hotels will open on the 13th....no testing required for states with less than TEN percent positive rate and others need a test within 5 days of travel. I would LOVE for SXM to go to this model.....six positive cases over the last 3 days
Last edited by boucharda; 09/10/2020 04:03 PM.
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Re: Covid test results timeline for travel
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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09/11/2020 02:13 PM
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Good work and thanks for the info....and...have a great trip
Last edited by boucharda; 09/11/2020 02:14 PM.
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