PLEASE NOTE - REQUIREMENTS ARE CHANGING CONTINUALLY.  PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR COUNTRY REQUIRES

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-- BASED ON THE STANDARD 72 HR. PRE-DEPARTURE SWAB TIME --

(Please inform us when booking if you have a different requirement)

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DEPARTURE FLIGHT before 08:30 - Schedule swab before 15:00 3 days before flight

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DEPARTURE FLIGHT 09:30 - 11:00 - Schedule swab between departure time and 14:45 3 days before flight

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DEPARTURE FLIGHT 11:00 - 14:30 - Schedule swab between departure time and 14:45 3 days before flight

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DEPARTURE FLIGHT after 15:00 - Schedule swab before 11:00 2 days before flight

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*** DISCLAIMER - We purchase the swabs and processing from Alphalabs.  We have NO control over the testing and can make no guarantees as to when your result will be ready. ***  

 

WEEKDAYS ONLY

 

We cannot do swabs on Saturday or Sunday as there is no lab courier to Toronto

ie. we cannot accommodate you for a PCR test if your flight departs between Monday at 14:45 and Wednesday at 15:00.

 

If you need a swab done on the weekend please check out the following: 

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• The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy (279 Wharncliffe) 

• Pharmasave North London (5-1464 Adelaide St. N.)

• Medpoint Care Pharmacy (169-355 Wellington Rd.)

• Ilderton Medical Pharmacy (13187 Ilderton Rd., Ilderton) 

• At Toronto airport - Switch Health

• Fly Clear

 

Process for Rapid Antigen swabs

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• Swab taken at London Travel Clinic

• Processed at London Travel Clinic

• Results emailed the same day

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Process for PCR swabs

 

• Swab taken at London Travel Clinic

• Courier picks up swab and takes it to Alpha Labs London (11:00 or 15:00)

• Alpha Labs courier picks up swabs at London lab and couriers them to their Toronto Lab (11:30, 15:30)

• Swabs reach Toronto and testing is set up (15:00, 20:00)

• Alpha Labs posts the results - averages 24 hrs for the testing ie. if you have your swab taken at London Travel Clinic in the morning you can start looking for the result around noon the next day.  If your swab is taken in the afternoon you can start looking for the result on the lab website around 5 pm the next day.

 

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