Greece finally recognizes the antigen test for tourists coming from countries on the green list.

So, in addition to the other conditions that you can see HERE, you can travel to Greece if you have a negative antigen test. Also, the limit for children’s travel has been moved from 6 to 12 years. So, children up to the age of 12 can travel freely without any certificates and tests.

For the antigen test to be valid for travel to Greece, it should be in English, it should not be older than 48 hours and it can also be done in private laboratory.

In Northern Macedonia, there is a possibility to do an antigen test at gas stations. The price is around 17 €, the result is waited for about an hour and you get it in the mail. So you can take the test and continue the journey, and the result will reach you in the mail along the way. You don’t have to print the result, just show it from your phone. In the photo above, see the opening hours of the testing stations at gas stations in Northern Macedonia.

Also, there are laboratories in Gevgelija and Bitola where you can perform testing.

In order for an antigen test to be valid for travel to Greece, it should be ** in English **, should not be older ** than 48 hours **. , It should be a test that is accepted as valid in the EU. It can also be done in any private laboratory if the laboratory uses tests that are accepted in the EU.

The list of accepted tests by the EU is as follows:
• Abbott Rapid Diagnostics, Panbio ™ COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test

• AMEDA Labordiagnostik GmbH, AMP Rapid Test SARS-CoV-2 Ag

• Becton Dickinson, BD Veritor System for Rapid Deteciton os SARS-CoV-2

• Beijing Lepu Medical Technology, SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Test Kit (Colloidal Gold immunochromatography)

• BIOSYNEX SWISS SA, BIOSYNEX COVID-19 Ag BSS • CerTest Biotect S.L., CerTest SARS-CoV-2 CARD TEST

• Hangzhou Clongene Biotech, Clungene COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test Kit

• Healgen Scientific Limited, Coronavirus Ag Rapid Test Cassette (Swab)

• LumiraDX UK LTd, LumiraDx SARS-CoV-2 Ag Test • nal von minden GmbH, NADAL COVID -19 Ag Test • Quidel Corporation, Sofia 2 SARS Antigen FIA

• SD BIOSENSOR, Inc., STANDARD F COVID-19 Ag FIA • SD BIOSENSOR, Inc., STANDARD Q COVID-19 Ag Test

• Siemens Healthineers, CLINITEST Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Test

• Xiamen Boson Biotech Co., Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Test Card

• Zhejiang Orient Gene Biotech Co., Ltd, Coronavirus Ag Rapid Test Cassette (Swab)

Therefore, when you call the labs to inquire about the prices of the antigen test, you should not ask if the result has a code or if the lab is a reference but which test it uses. We must mention that our private laboratories are informed and up to date with EU standards and that most of them work with accepted antigen tests.

Countries whose citizens are allowed to enter under the same conditions: EU member states and Schengen countries, USA, UK, Israel, Serbia, UAE, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Australia, Thailand Singapore, Northern Macedonia, Canada, Belarus, Bahrain, Qatar, China, Kuwait, Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Saudi Arabia.

Tourists from Russia are obliged to be vaccinated and to carry negative PCR test not older than 72 hours.

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