Russia introduced electronic PCR tests for tourists from Kazakhstan

RUSSIA has introduced new rules for the entry of residents of Kazakhstan. From July 10, tourists must present a QR code for a negative PCR test in the “I travel without COVID-19” program, the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Russia reports.

The smartphone app gives you a list of laboratories where you can take a PCR test and then download the results via a scan in the "Tests" section. The QR code must be presented to the border guards, its results are valid no more than 72 hours before arrival in Russia.

Citizens of Kazakhstan have previously provided PCR results during air travel. From May 12, entrance to the Nur-Sultan airport is carried out only with the Ashyq application, into which the passenger's passport data and the results of the PCR test are loaded, the chief sanitary DOCTOR of the republic Yerlan Kiyasov said in a decree.

The Eurasian Development Bank has developed the “I travel without COVID-19” application to facilitate border crossing for citizens of the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union. In Kazakhstan, the application became available from June 7. With its help, tourists from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia can provide PCR test results using a QR code on a smartphone, and not in paper form. In the future, the system will display vaccination certificates and antibody counts.