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summercool
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Cheap corona test for travelling

Post by summercool » Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:19 pm

Can anyone please tell what is the best way for getting PCR report of corona test which is required for travelling?

Thank you in advance.



Cheap corona test for travelling

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ajdias
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Re: Cheap corona test for travelling

Post by ajdias » Wed Jan 20, 2021 3:28 pm

Not sure if cheap, or if they issue a certificate (they should, but check with them), a service called 9lives keeps on advertising here and in FB corona tests for 45 eur (in reality it can be around 200 under normal circunstances). This is in Hki, city center.
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summercool
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Re: Cheap corona test for travelling

Post by summercool » Sat Jan 23, 2021 1:01 am

Thank you for your suggestions. I appreciate it.

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Re: Cheap corona test for travelling

Post by lunatran » Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:00 am

The best way is to go to private clinic e.g Mehilainen or Terveystalo. It costs about 50eur for the test and 250eur for certificate translated in English. Public healthcare centers may give you appointment to a quick test if you have symptoms but results will be informed via SMS and no document provided.

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Re: Cheap corona test for travelling

Post by Daniel2016 » Tue Mar 02, 2021 10:27 pm

What of the situation getting the certificate in Swedish? Is that going to affect the price?
lunatran wrote:
Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:00 am
The best way is to go to private clinic e.g Mehilainen or Terveystalo. It costs about 50eur for the test and 250eur for certificate translated in English. Public healthcare centers may give you appointment to a quick test if you have symptoms but results will be informed via SMS and no document provided.

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Re: Cheap corona test for travelling

Post by inkku » Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:09 am

Currently, this seems to be the least expensive testing place.
https://korona.9lives.fi/en/pricing/

Why a certificate in English would not work instead of Swedish?

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ajdias
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Re: Cheap corona test for travelling

Post by ajdias » Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:21 am

Saw this one mentioned in Fb: 150 +20 for the cert
Clinic is in Malmi, Hki, didn't notice an english language website: https://medipulssi.fi/tarjoamme-nyt-kor ... ettomille/

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Re: Cheap corona test for travelling

Post by paleskin » Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:45 pm

ajdias wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 3:28 pm
Not sure if cheap, or if they issue a certificate (they should, but check with them), a service called 9lives keeps on advertising here and in FB corona tests for 45 eur (in reality it can be around 200 under normal circunstances). This is in Hki, city center.
i read it's 300 euros in the private sector

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Re: Cheap corona test for travelling

Post by NukkuMatti » Fri Mar 12, 2021 3:06 pm

paleskin wrote:
Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:45 pm
ajdias wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 3:28 pm
Not sure if cheap, or if they issue a certificate (they should, but check with them), a service called 9lives keeps on advertising here and in FB corona tests for 45 eur (in reality it can be around 200 under normal circunstances). This is in Hki, city center.
i read it's 300 euros in the private sector
Friend of mine just went to Nepal and had a PCR test, indeed 300€

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Re: Cheap corona test for travelling

Post by Daniel2016 » Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:48 pm

Is it possible to get the certificate in Swedish free of charge since I am planning to go to Sweden?
inkku wrote:
Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:09 am
Currently, this seems to be the least expensive testing place.
https://korona.9lives.fi/en/pricing/

Why a certificate in English would not work instead of Swedish?

Daniel2016
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Re: Cheap corona test for travelling

Post by Daniel2016 » Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:50 pm

Is it possible to get the certificate in Swedish free of charge since I am planning to go to Sweden? Swedish is also an official language in Finland
lunatran wrote:
Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:00 am
The best way is to go to private clinic e.g Mehilainen or Terveystalo. It costs about 50eur for the test and 250eur for certificate translated in English. Public healthcare centers may give you appointment to a quick test if you have symptoms but results will be informed via SMS and no document provided.

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Re: Cheap corona test for travelling

Post by inkku » Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:18 pm

To my knowledge, any certificate costs no matter in which language. I am pretty sure Sweden would accept certificates in English as well.
But check their website or call them.

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Re: Cheap corona test for travelling

Post by Ousman » Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:35 pm

Any cheap corona test in Finland. Planning to take a trip to France. Anyone can recommend any cheap test and certificate?

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Re: Cheap corona test for travelling

Post by zoeker2 » Mon May 10, 2021 6:01 pm

I'll be travelling at the end of the month to my home country through Germany and I just got to know that even transit passengers are required to provide a negative corona test before being allowed on board.

What I intend to do is to book a trip to Tallinn for a day (costs 31 euro) and to have a test done on my return to Helsinki on the ferry. A day and a half later I'd use that same test at the airport. The test costs 39 euro so the total would amount to 70 euro.

I suppose this sounds like an overkill, but on the other hand, getting charged 200 euro for a test without any good reason feels rather... mono/oligopolistic.

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Re: Cheap corona test for travelling

Post by tavastia » Mon May 10, 2021 6:20 pm

zoeker2 wrote:
Mon May 10, 2021 6:01 pm
I'll be travelling at the end of the month to my home country through Germany and I just got to know that even transit passengers are required to provide a negative corona test before being allowed on board.

What I intend to do is to book a trip to Tallinn for a day (costs 31 euro) and to have a test done on my return to Helsinki on the ferry. A day and a half later I'd use that same test at the airport. The test costs 39 euro so the total would amount to 70 euro.

I suppose this sounds like an overkill, but on the other hand, getting charged 200 euro for a test without any good reason feels rather... mono/oligopolistic.
Germany has the test requirements un 12.5.2021 (https://www.bundesgesundheitsministeriu ... lisch.html) let's see if they extend this, but most probably not. They will use areas, Finland is on green side.


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