Oh my gosh .. just did my head in figuring this out (it shouldn't be hard and I swear Matt G of AFF wrote an article on this but I can't find it). I am in Canada at the moment destined for Fiji before returning to Oz. I have a separate flight and overnight stay at LAX. I depart LAX Monday the 28th at 10:45pm. I am trying to avoid having 2 RAT tests (because of the gap in my itinerary laying over in LAX) to get to Fiji so thinking 1 PCR test would be better (the costs end up being the same as having 2 RATs).
I depart Los Angeles on Monday the 28th at 10:45pm. Based on the Fiji requirement for PCR below I understand this as the earliest I could test would be Saturday the 26th at 12:01am. The word within always throws me .. I often think that it includes the day of departure. If anyone could point me to resource it would be helpful .. jet lag is not doing me any favours either!
- FIJI: Travellers (12yrs+) will need to take a PCR test within 2 days prior to departure and test negative.
FIJI ENTRY CONDITIONS As announced by the Hon. Prime Minister, effective 11 November 2021, Fiji will re-open its border. From 11 November through to 1 December 2021, Fiji will only accept fully vaccinated permit holders, Fijian passport holders and returning residents who will be required to...
www.mcttt.gov.fj
Relevant sections/extracts perhaps...no clear example given
FIJI TRAVEL PARTNERS ENTRY CONDITIONS
Travellers coming from a Fiji Travel Partner country do not require any prior approval. However, the following conditions apply, where the negative test and proof of vaccination will be verified by the airline.
Prior to Arrival
1.
Negative Rapid Antigen Test (RAT): Travellers 12 years and above will be required to produce a negative RAT test taken no more than 24 hours prior to the commencement of journey of continuous flight(s), if applicable. This applies to all travellers disembarking in Fiji.
Travellers must present evidence of a negative test that has a specimen collection date indicating that the specimen was collected no more than 24 hours before the flight’s departure (or first flight in a series of connections booked on the same itinerary). Serology (antibody) tests will not be accepted.
RAT to be performed using nasopharyngeal, nasal, nasal mid-turbinate or oropharyngeal specimen collection methods.
OR
Negative PCR: Travellers 12 years and above will be required to produce a negative PCR test taken no more than 2 calendar days prior to the scheduled day of departure. This applies to all travellers disembarking in Fiji.
Travellers must present evidence of a negative test that has a specimen collection date indicating that the specimen was collected no more than 2 calendar days before the flight’s departure (or first flight in a series of connections booked on the same itinerary).
PCR tests to be performed using nasopharyngeal, nasal, nasal middle-turbinate, oropharyngeal or saliva specimen collection methods.
Accepted COVID-19 test results
Your COVID-19 test result can be paper-based or electronic, and meet the following mandatory requirements:
- travellers name and date of birth;
- test result (such as ‘negative’ or ‘not detected’);
- method of test conducted e.g., PCR/nucleic acid amplification test (NAA) or RAT;
- type of specimen collected;
- brand and manufacturer of the test (for RAT tests);
- date of specimen collection for the accepted COVID-19 test; and
- date of test that the specimen for the test was collected, and the test was carried out by or under the supervision of and, signed by an authorised person (see below).
If this information is not provided, you will not be able to check in and board the aircraft.
For a PCR test, the laboratory will provide you with your result.
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FIJI TRAVEL PARTNERS
Fiji’s Travel Partners as at 14 February 2022:
American Samoa, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, People’s Republic of China, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Federated States of Micronesia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Guam, Hong Kong SAR, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Macao SAR, Malaysia, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norfolk Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Palau, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna.
Epidemiological assessments will be undertaken regularly when determining Travel Partners.
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TRANSIT
If transiting, you may do so if you have a valid outward ticket within 72 hours of arrival, are fully vaccinated, and have a negative COVID-19 test, which may be a PCR or rapid antigen test, that is required for entry into the country of your final destination.
Travellers transiting through Fiji for 10 hours or longer are subject to stay/quarantine until their connecting flight at a CFC hotel if they have originally departed from a Travel Partner Country or at a
Fiji Managed Quarantine Facility if they have originally departed from a Non-Travel Partner Country, respectively.
I assume you are not transiting, which seems to have different requirements.
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