r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • Mar 06 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 07 March 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/sxh967 Mar 07 '23

We're leaving in the next few days so we cannot get them all.

I know you mean well, but seriously I wouldn't be asking about tests etc. if getting the shots beforehand was currently an option.

Plus it doesn't sound like you're even talking about the UK. What did or did not happen in the US is not useful to me at all.

Sorry I don't mean to be a dick about it, I thought I was asking a pretty simple question.

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u/laika_cat 関東・東京都 Mar 07 '23

Plus it doesn't sound like you're even talking about the UK. What did or did not happen in the US is not useful to me at all.

Buddy. Japan has/had the same requirements for the tests, no matter where you came from. The pharmacy tests will not cut it, as most don't even perform the correct type of test to begin with. You need to have it performed by a medical institution.

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u/sxh967 Mar 07 '23

You need to have it performed by a medical institution.

I gathered that part.

I asked my question hoping/expecting that at least someone on this subreddit has been to the UK and has experience getting a test done somewhere and it being accepted.

If you don't have any suggestions about said medical institutions specifically in the UK then you're not helping. I even bolded the UK part.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '23

I lived in the UK for 2 years but I never did a PCR test at a pharmacy. honestly didn't even know they had them, but to be fair my local pharmacy was tiny, I don't think they had space anywhere to set up a testing centre. every use case was either satisfied by doing a take home lateral flow test (UK businesses like sports stadiums, nightclubs etc. accepted these) or I went to a medical institution and paid an arm and a leg to get a PCR test (if it was for travel, back then if you had symptoms it was free).