Corona test centre

Registration
The test centre at Klinik Permanence offers daily appointments for travel and leisure activity certification. Before the appointment, please complete and return the registration form as a PDF to mpa.permanence@hirslanden.ch.

Please book your preferred appointment online via the following LINK.
We regret that phone bookings are not possible.

Key information / process
When you arrive at Klinik Permanence, please report at the test centre to the left of the clinic. You will be given further information about the process there.

Costs
You are responsible for the cost of the test. We charge the currently applicable fee in line with federal guidelines. If you live in Switzerland, we will send you the bill to your home address. In all other cases, the test must be paid for directly on site via EC card/Postcard, Twint or cash payment.

Test results
You will receive the result of the PCR test via email within 3 days. We cannot give information about the test result over the phone.

QR code / certification
For a negative test result, we can create a QR code or provide the test results in English, French or Italian, including your passport or ID card number if required.

Children
The tests at the Klinik Permanence are available for people 16 years of age and older. We test using a combined nasal and throat swab (we do not offer spit or throat-only swab tests).

Registration
The test centre at Klinik Permanence offers daily appointments for travel and leisure activity certification. Before the appointment, please complete and return the registration form as a PDF to mpa.permanence@hirslanden.ch.

Please book your preferred appointment online via the following LINK.
We regret that phone bookings are not possible.

Key information / process
When you arrive at Klinik Permanence, please report at the test centre to the left of the clinic. You will be given further information about the process there.

Costs
You are responsible for the cost of the test. We charge the currently applicable fee in line with federal guidelines. If you live in Switzerland, we will send you the bill to your home address. In all other cases, the test must be paid for directly on site via EC card/Postcard, Twint or cash payment.

The costs will continue to be covered by the health insurance with the following exceptions:

• Tests on request for children and adolescents under 16 years of age
• Tests on request for persons who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons (medical certificate required)
• Tests for visitors to health care facilities (note: no Covid test certificate issued)
• Tests on request for persons who have already been vaccinated once until full vaccination or until 30.11.2021 (proof of vaccination must be shown)

Test results
You will receive the result of the rapid test via email within one day. We cannot give information about the test result over the phone.

QR code / certification
For a negative test result, we can create a QR code or provide the test results in English, including your passport or ID card number if required.

Children
The tests at the Klinik Permanence are available for people 16 years of age and older. We test using a combined nasal and throat swab (we do not offer spit or throat-only swab tests).

Registration
The test centre at Klinik Permanence offers daily appointments for travel and leisure activity certification. Before the appointment, please complete and return the registration form as a PDF to mpa.permanence@hirslanden.ch.
Please book your preferred appointment online via the following LINK.
We regret that phone bookings are not possible.

Key information / process
If you have had symptoms for more than 4 days or have been referred / issued instructions by the Cantonal Medical Office, we will carry out a PCR test for you. A PCR test is always carried out on vaccinated persons.
As soon as you arrive at Klinik Permanence, please follow the path until you reach the test centre (do not enter the hospital). Someone will meet you at the test tent, please just wait outside the tent until then.

Costs
If you have health insurance in Switzerland, the test will be billed to your health insurance provider. In all other cases, you must pay for the test directly on site (we charge the currently applicable federal fee) by EC card/Postcard, Twint or cash payment.

Test results
You will receive the result of a negative PCR test via email within 3 working days. If the test is positive, you will receive a text message from Labor Risch. We cannot give information about the test result over the phone.

QR code / certification
It is not possible to issue QR codes or certification.

Children
The tests at the Klinik Permanence are available for people 16 years of age and older. We test using a combined nasal and throat swab (we do not offer spit or throat-only swab tests).

What to do until the test result is available
Your quarantine period begins once the Covid test has been carried out. If the test comes back negative, the quarantine is lifted; we recommend that you stay at home until you have been symptom-free for at least 24 hours. See the FOPH’s quarantine guidance for further details.
If the result is positive, you must isolate immediately and wait for further guidance from the Cantonal Medical Office. See the FOPH’s isolation guidance for further details.

Registration

The test centre at Klinik Permanence offers daily appointments for travel and leisure activity certification. Before the appointment, please complete and return the registration form as a PDF to mpa.permanence@hirslanden.ch.
Please book your preferred appointment online via the following LINK.
We regret that phone bookings are not possible.

Key information / process
If you have had symptoms for 4 days or less or have been referred / issued instructions by the Cantonal Medical Office, we will carry out a rapid antigen test for you. A PCR test is always carried out on vaccinated persons (register for this under "PCR test in case of symptoms".
As soon as you arrive at Klinik Permanence, please follow the path until you reach the test centre (do not enter the hospital). Someone will meet you at the test tent, please just wait outside the tent until then.

Costs
If you have health insurance in Switzerland, the test will be billed to your health insurance provider. In all other cases, you must pay for the test directly on site (we charge the currently applicable federal fee) by EC card/Postcard, Twint or cash payment.

Test results
If the test is negative, you will receive the result via email within one day; if the result is positive you will hear back via phone call within 2 hours.

QR code / certification
It is not possible to issue QR codes or certification.

Children
The tests at the Klinik Permanence are available for people 16 years of age and older. We test using a combined nasal and throat swab (we do not offer spit or throat-only swab tests).

What to do until the test result is available

Your quarantine period begins once the Covid test has been carried out. If the test comes back negative, the quarantine is lifted; we recommend that you stay at home until you have been symptom-free for at least 24 hours. See the FOPH’s quarantine guidance for further details.
If the result is positive, you must isolate immediately and wait for further guidance from the Cantonal Medical Office. See the FOPH’s isolation guidance for further details.

Who covers the costs?

Individual PCR tests
The federal government covers the costs of individual PCR tests in the following cases:

You are being tested because you have symptoms.

You have been in close contact with a confirmed case.

You have been instructed by a cantonal authority or a doctor to have a test.

The federal government does not cover any of the costs of individual PCR tests required to obtain a COVID test certificate.

Pooled PCR test
The federal government covers the costs of pooled PCR test for everyone.

Rapid antigen tests
The federal government covers the costs of rapid antigen tests with a nose and throat swab for everyone.

Antibody tests
You must generally pay for antibody tests yourself.

Exceptions: The costs of an antibody test performed as part of an examination by a specialist doctor on medical prescription will be covered a) for people where monoclonal antibody therapy is indicated and b) for seriously immune-suppressed people four weeks after their full vaccination (in accordance with the current vaccination recommendations drawn up by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) and the Federal Vaccination Commission (EKIF)). The costs will likewise be covered if the competent cantonal authority orders a test for antibodies.

Antigen self-tests
The federal government does not cover the costs of antigen self-tests. This means that you will have to cover the costs yourself, regardless of whether you have recovered from COVID-19 or have been vaccinated. Self-testing kits can be purchased at pharmacies, drugstores and some retail outlets.