Ok, there is however still no requirement to test 48 hours prior so not sure what the panic is. Just take the rapid test on arrival.
I'm not really sure that's true. There is a grace period to allow people who had already tested or scheduled a test in preparation for their travel in the next 5 days.
It's unclear if that exception will remain or if 48 is the new rule. According to the Gazetted statutory instrument with is the official rule, the verbiage for timing is only 48 hours. The 5 days verbiage has been removed.
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The COVID-19 Control and Suppression (Entry of Persons) (No. 3)
Regulations, 2021 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Regulations) is amended
in regulation 5(2)(a) by deleting the words “five days” and substituting with the
words “forty-eight hours”.
