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TeCOT (COVID-19 Testing Center for Overseas Travelers)
What is TeCOT
TeCOT (COVID-19 Testing Center for Overseas Travelers) provides online services for overseas travelers to find and request reservations at desired medical institutions which can conduct adequate medical tests such as a PCR testing.
Notice
※Depending on destination country (for example, Korea, Singapore, and Vietnam), only COVID-19 testing certificates issued by medical institutions listed in the "Register of Medical Institutions Issuing COVID-19 Testing Certificates" may be accepted. See the appendix.
News Release
- Digital Certification from COVID-19 Testing Center for Overseas Travelers (TeCOT) Will Become Available(April 6, 2021)
- Services of COVID-19 Testing Center for Overseas Travelers (TeCOT) Become Available to Overseas Travelers with Purpose Other than Business Travel (December 21, 2020)
- Travel Agencies to be Permitted to Make Reservations for Overseas Business Travelers at Medical Institutions through the COVID-19 Testing Center for Overseas Travelers (TeCOT) (November 20, 2020)
- COVID-19 Testing Center for Overseas Travelers (TeCOT) to Additionally Start Provision of Services to Short-Term Overseas Business Travelers Having Returned to Japan (October 30, 2020)
- “Register of Medical Institutions Issuing COVID-19 Testing Certificates” for Overseas Travelers to be Updated (October 14, 2020)
- Operation of COVID-19 Testing Center for Overseas Travelers (TeCOT) to Start (October 6, 2020)
- Operation of COVID-19 Testing Center for Overseas Travelers (TeCOT) to Start (September 30, 2020)
- Website Exclusively for COVID-19 Testing Center for Overseas Travelers (TeCOT) to Open and “Register of Medical Institutions Issuing COVID-19 Testing Certificates” for Overseas Travelers to be Published (September 18, 2020)
Registered medical institution information
"Register of Medical Institutions Issuing COVID-19 Testing Certificates" lists medical institutions that can issue COVID-19 testing certificates for overseas travelers after the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare have examined applications from medical institutions.
Links to related information
- METI：METI’s Support Measures for Companies Concerning the Impacts of the Novel Coronavirus Disease
- MHLW：Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- FORTH：About new-style coronavirus infectious disease(in Japanese).
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Last updated:2021-04-06