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COVID-19 PCR SWAB TEST FOR TRAVEL
  • Valid for international travel
  • Government of Canada approved laboratory
  • ISO 15189-certified - certificate provided on request
  • Lab report includes
    • time swab taken, time swab processing at the lab and time of issue of lab report
    • description of test as a real-time PCR (RT-PCR)
    • comprehensive identifiers: your name, date of birth, postal code and phone number
    • signature of laboratory microbiologist
  • Cost $189
Note that we do not test people who have symptoms. If you have a sore throat, cough, shortness of breath, fever,  loss of sense of taste or smell or otherwise feel unwell, you should not book an appointment. Rather, you should be tested at one of Ottawa's assessment centers.

Clinic hours: 7.30 am to 2.30 pm Monday to Friday


​​ABOUT OUR TRAVEL CLINIC
​​Welcome to the Riverside Travel Medicine Clinic. Over 60,000 Ottawa and Gatineau travellers have consulted us during our 30 years of operation. We are a local dedicated travel clinic. We practice only travel medicine. We are a member of the International Society of Travel Medicine. All medical staff have earned the ISTM's Certificate of Travel Health, the accepted recognition of competence in travel medicine. Two current members (and one retired member) of our staff have served on Health Canada's expert committee on travel and tropical medicine, known as CATMAT.