Certificate of recovery question

[num1crewsfam]

We have a Vancouver to Vancouver Alaska cruise that starts on the 11th of September.  Both husband and I tested covid positive (home tests) Aug 7.  Retested with CVS to have “official’ positive test results on the 17th.  We will need to travel with a certificate of recovery/fit to fly letter (which we are having a very hard time obtaining, but that’s a whole other story).  Has anyone landed in Vancouver and used one of these letters? Anyone made it through entry and then used the letter to board ship? Any suggestions to make this process go smoothly would be greatly appreciated.  The stress I’m letting this cause is crazy.

 

thanks for any help

[RichYak]

8 minutes ago, num1crewsfam said:

Retested with CVS to have “official’ positive test results on the 17th.  We will need to travel with a certificate of recovery/fit to fly letter (which we are having a very hard time obtaining, but that’s a whole other story).

Canada requires a molecular (PCR, NAAT) positive test to prove recovery. An antigen test won't suffice, so I hope that's what you got at CVS.

 

"a positive antigen test result is never a valid test result for boarding a ship and can’t be used as proof of a previous infection"

 

https://travel.gc.ca/travel-covid/travel-restrictions/cruise#pre-embarkation-test

 

Also, if your official results are from the 17th, you can't get a C of R until the 28th. That would explain your difficulty in obtaining one.