Antigen testing still required - Telehealth options for testing when arriving to Canada.

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Mar 10th, 2022 5:08 pm

Karma2000 [OP]: Sr. Member; Dec 28, 2010; 900 posts; 395 upvotes; Toronto

Mar 10th, 2022 5:08 pm

Antigen testing still required - Telehealth options for testing when arriving to Canada.

Planning our trip soon and was looking at telehealth options to get these tests done when outside of Canada. Many resorts and sun destinations offer these , but at higher price USD and can be unreliable as any other testing.

Please provide input if anyone has tried these.
Do see that Switch Health is popular, but for single individual tests there are cheaper options.

Most also allow using any of your own bought tests (such as BTNX that were recently distributed fro Free by province)

1. https://www.medionerx.com/virtualcare/? ... YwL7LweqgY

2. https://rapidtestandtrace.ca/product/ob ... or-travel/

3. https://switchhealth.ca/en/partners/aer ... ectionKits

4. https://rapidtestcanada.ca/product/tele ... n-session/

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Mar 11th, 2022 11:56 am

BrunetteGirl: Deal Addict; Jun 15, 2015; 2743 posts; 2017 upvotes; Mississauga, ON

Mar 11th, 2022 11:56 am

With the new rules (Antigen Test taken anytime the day before your travel date) I would just get it done in destination. I wouldn’t say they are unreliable as the vast majority of travellers use them.

Assuming, you are referring to the test required to return back to Canada and are travelling to a sun destination? It was different when you needed a PCR.

You can get them done at the resorts and some resorts still offer them for free (Antigen). If you had to pay for it the rates I’ve seen vary from $20-$35 USD in Mexico for example (IIRC the Switch Health tests are $49 cad each).