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Those flying to/from Canada can google “RT-LAMP Switch Health” and receive the full details from the Switch Health company.
But here are the basics: you order the kit in advance of your trip — I’d suggest a lead-time of 1 month because they sometimes run out.
The kit arrives with 2 tests in it. One is for departure from Canada; the other for your return. (And if the rules fluctuate and your carrier does not require you to have a test before boarding your plane out of Canada, then you have a test you can use on the ground during your camino).
I do not know how much they cost on the open market, but Air Canada passengers can buy them with aeroplan miles (which is what I did).
The tests are good in their unbroken packages for 9 months.
You can take the test and have a QR code sent back in 45 minutes after the health provider on the other end has observed you taking the test and receiving the results where you are. No appointments, no searching for a location to do the test, and no lag time to worry about.
I have a kit arriving for me for my April Norte…. And one will be a stocking stuffer for Dear Spouse, who has the cancelled CP finally rescheduled and ticketed for May. He departs on his camino a week after I return from mine.
We are assuming that things will continue on a positive trajectory from here, and we heard from our FP last week that our entire family will be eligible to have our Pfizer/Comirnity booster shots (those things I was told were conjecture and probably unnecessary) in December.
Things are looking up, and like some of the logistics are improving.
If you’re anxious about the testing or the booster issue (or both), take heart. And to my fellow residents in Canada, I heard today that there’s a 20% off Osprey sale at MEC.
Buen Camino a todos.
But here are the basics: you order the kit in advance of your trip — I’d suggest a lead-time of 1 month because they sometimes run out.
The kit arrives with 2 tests in it. One is for departure from Canada; the other for your return. (And if the rules fluctuate and your carrier does not require you to have a test before boarding your plane out of Canada, then you have a test you can use on the ground during your camino).
I do not know how much they cost on the open market, but Air Canada passengers can buy them with aeroplan miles (which is what I did).
The tests are good in their unbroken packages for 9 months.
You can take the test and have a QR code sent back in 45 minutes after the health provider on the other end has observed you taking the test and receiving the results where you are. No appointments, no searching for a location to do the test, and no lag time to worry about.
I have a kit arriving for me for my April Norte…. And one will be a stocking stuffer for Dear Spouse, who has the cancelled CP finally rescheduled and ticketed for May. He departs on his camino a week after I return from mine.
We are assuming that things will continue on a positive trajectory from here, and we heard from our FP last week that our entire family will be eligible to have our Pfizer/Comirnity booster shots (those things I was told were conjecture and probably unnecessary) in December.
Things are looking up, and like some of the logistics are improving.
If you’re anxious about the testing or the booster issue (or both), take heart. And to my fellow residents in Canada, I heard today that there’s a 20% off Osprey sale at MEC.
Buen Camino a todos.
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