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Qatar Airways requires Covid-19 test mandatory for travel from specific airports including Philippines

Qatar Airways has announced that from August 13 people travelling from some specific airports in some countries will have to present a negative Covid-19 medical test result.

The airline has published a list of approved test centres in these countries.

Read the statement from their website:

RT-PCR Medical Test Requirement

For the safety of all passengers, effective 13 August, Qatar Airways requires passengers travelling from specific airports in the below countries to present a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR medical test result when checking in.

In our current network, these countries are Bangladesh, Brazil, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Philippines, and Sri Lanka. They will also be required for passengers travelling with Qatar Airways from India, Nepal, Nigeria and Russia, when we resume our services to these countries.

Tests must be issued within 72 hours before departure, from laboratories that are approved by Qatar Airways, and paid for at the passenger’s expense.

Those that do not have a copy of their medical test certificate alongside a consent form will not be permitted to travel on Qatar Airways flights. Children below the age of 12 years are exempt from this test if accompanied by family members that have presented a negative test result.



Consent Form

For details of laboratories in the Philippines that are approved by Qatar Airways, check the list below:

Flying from Approved laboratories
Cebu (CEB) Prime Care Alpha
Clark (CRK) Jose B Lingad Hospital (JBL), LIPAD CRK
Davao (DVO) Davao One World Diagnostic Center (Matina & Bajada Branch)
Manila (MNL) Makati Medical Center

Asian Hospital

St. Lukes Hospital BGC

St. Lukes Hospital QC

Delos Santos Medical Center

Chinese General Hospital

Philippine Red Cross

The Medical City Ortigas

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