I made an appointment with one of the Trusted Travel Partners (Urgent Care Hawaii). I had to wait a while (in the car) before a medical personnel took a nasal sample, which made my anxiety worse because I was thinking it would hurt...
But it wasn’t bad at all. Literally just a few seconds of swabbing in each nostril, and although it did make my eyes water, it wasn’t painful.
I know there are other places (eg CVS) that allow patients to self-swab, and are also cheaper. However, I decided to go with Urgent Care because of the turnaround time of 48-56 hours, even though it was a bit more expensive (kama`aina discounts available).
I got my results in 31 hours.
Next I will be blogging about the Safe Travels Program and the issues I had with the program and even uploading my negative results.
In the meantime, with the new rules on the travel
program, I hope more partners become available that can send results quickly, and also that there becomes a cheaper option.
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