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Trip.com and Raffles Medical Group partners on PCR Test for travellers
PCR test partnership provides convenience, assurance and quality for outbound travellers at time of online booking.
Trip.com has partnered with Raffles Medical Group (RMG) to provide the pre-departure swab and serology services for its outbound travellers. Tests provided include:
- Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and IGM test
- Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
- Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) – Express
Outbound travellers that are booking their flights through the Trip.com mobile app or website can also schedule their COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) pre-departure test during the same online session.
This is the first agreement RMG has signed with an online travel agency to provide pre-departure tests for outbound travellers.
Through this collaboration, Trip.com users will enjoy the seamless convenience of booking a bundled deal that includes flight tickets, accommodation and the required outbound pre-departure tests – with the click of a mouse, and within minutes. In addition, our customers will also benefit from having instant access to the travel and specific testing requirements for their destination.
Ms Ru Yi, General Manager of Trip.com Travel Singapore Pte Ltd
Travellers can take their pre-departure tests at any of the 36 clinics in the Raffles Medical clinic network, and they may book their appointment through Trip.com, Raffles Connect or the Raffles Website.
RMG’s operations extends air-border screening and pre-event testing to include vaccination centres, on site Covid testing services, pre-departure swabbing, traveller arrival testing, tests for those exposed to new Covid-19 clusters as they emerge, and the entire gamut of healthcare services in accordance with the prevailing pandemic advisory in Singapore
Dr Morrison Loh, Director of Commercial for Raffles Medical Group
Access and information
Travellers can get more information about this service at the Trip.com and Raffles Medical Group websites.
