monomial wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 6:44 pm

Apollo91881 wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 10:43 pm You also may be able to get a rapid test.
I'm checking with my Primary Doctor to see if I get a rapid test (antibody) which takes 30 minutes, can I walk in and get the certification from them.
The requirements are vague, so I'm giving it a try. I could have my test, results and certification done before lunch within 3 days of flying.

Just keep in mind:

An antibody test is a blood test and means that you have already had Covid-19 and are now immune. It must indicate positive for antibodies.
A PCR test is a tissue test or swab, and tests whether you are currently infected. It must indicate negative.

So an antibody test 72 hours before flying makes no sense. You could currently be infected, which is bad. An antibody test should be given 3-4 weeks before flying, and then confirmed again before flying along with zero symptoms. That would be the only way to guarantee you don't currently have the virus, as you have been immune for several weeks before flying, so any infection will have been cleared.

Only a PCR test within 72 hours is sensible.

Doc67 wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 3:14 pm

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 8:50 am 22 May 2020
Royal Embassy of Cambodia to the United States of America (Washington D.C.)

https://www.embassyofcambodiadc.org/how ... -visa.html

Is this good or bad news?

Does this mean they are preparing to restart Visa on Arrival or E-visa or does it mean than they are not issuing any visas any time soon, so stop bugging our embassies with annoying phone calls?

And is it worldwide, of just the US? The Cambodia Embassy in London does not even have a functioning website!

Bernie Bro wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 4:36 pm Today I called the embassy/consulate person here in my city (a fairly big West Coast city). He told me to call back the first week of June, and said it shouldn't be a problem. He really stressed the need to make sure I have the test and the health insurance when I go.

I work in a healthcare facility and have already tested positive some moderate time ago and have since recovered. Yet still it's very nerve wracking having the idea that something out of my hands could go wrong along the way. I will try my absolute best to make this happen. Failure along with the cost of two one-way tickets around the world would be devastating, and perhaps soul crushingly horrible.

Bernie Bro wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 10:47 pm I'm up in the Pacific Northwest here. I haven't retested yet. The nursing homes are extremely screwed up right now (even more than usual, if one could manage to believe that). So I might not be going back to that line of work.

I'm confident I'll get a positive test. More worrisome is getting it in time, and getting the form. I didn't get any paperwork at all when I took the test. Currently I'm uninsured and I owe a good chunk of money to the health organization of my primary care doctor. I think the form would have to be a special request anyways because I don't think it's standard to give you any sort of documentation of your results. It's very difficult to get health care people (or anybody anywhere) to do any specific things for you in a specific way here in America. It's a truly, tragically awful place. It's miserable, hateful, ridiculously aggressive, dysfunctional, totally and completely ass-backwards and you cannot trust anybody or expect them to behave in a decent, reasonable way whatsoever. But I won't get into all that at the moment. Sorry if I'm not allowed to trash talk countries? I see it as a mild, objective description given the reality on the ground.

I'm too honest to get away with doing anything but giving straight forward paperwork. It would show. I'm bad at deceiving people. If the test comes up positive for some reason I'll try to reschedule my flight. Or better yet I will not schedule it until in get either the test, or the results. Same day, 15 minute results would be nice. I don't know if that kind of functionality is within reach of this country here though. I don't usually book flights or fly. So the added unfamiliarity there is another challenge.