Covid testing at AM Resorts

[loudives]

the following pertains to Secrets and Sunscape Resorts in Cozumel

A message from the President of AMResorts

Dear Louis,

We have some important updates for you regarding the proactive steps AMResorts® continues to take to ensure your best travel experience during these ever changing times.

On January 12, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expanded the requirement for a negative COVID-19 test to all air passengers entering the United States. This requirement will go into effect on January 26, 2021.

AMRESORTS® PROACTIVE SUPPORT & BEYOND

AMResorts® is proud to expand the already comprehensive CleanComplete Verification™ program with the introduction of CleanComplete+. As part of CleanComplete+, we are pleased to announce the inclusion of COVID-19 antigen testing on-property at no cost to guests traveling to the U.S., and as accepted per CDC U.S. travel regulations beginning on January 26, 2021. On-site property testing will be administered by Hospiten, an international private hospital network committed to providing a first-rate health care service for travelers, across the majority of our destinations*.

Test results will be received the same day in written format as required by the CDC. Guests should contact the concierge at each resort upon arrival to schedule departure testing.

If a guest receives a positive test while on property that prevents departure, the cost of quarantine at the property will be covered for up to 14 days. Extended stay due to quarantine includes the guest plus one travel companion sharing the same room. This program is valid for travel through March 31, 2021.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE CDC TESTING REQUIREMENTS

According to the CDC, air passengers entering the U.S. will be required to present documentation of a negative COVID-19 viral test (called a Qualifying Test) conducted within the 3 days before their flight departs to the U.S.

• Documentation should be for a viral test (NAAT or antigen) as approved or authorized by the relevant national authority.
• Test results must state: Negative, SARS-CoV2 RNA Not Detected, SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Not Detected, or COVID-19 Not Detected. Invalid will not be accepted.
• Documentation may be paper or electronic copy and must include the name and contact information for the laboratory or healthcare personnel who performed the test.
• Test results may be required to be shown again upon landing.

Alternatively, passengers may provide documentation of having recovered from COVID-19 with documentation of test results conducted during the 3 months preceding the flight’s departure from a foreign country.

• Test results must state: Positive, SARS-CoV2 RNA Detected, SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Detected, or COVID-19 Detected. Invalid will not be accepted.
• Additionally, a letter from a licensed health professional stating that the passenger has been cleared for travel (called Documentation of Recovery) is required.

Finally, all airline passengers will be required to present a simple CDC attestation form to the airline for collection prior to boarding. The CDC attestation form can be found here for reference.

For full information, please reference the FAQs on the CDC website, which can be found here.

TRAVEL ADJUSTMENTS

For guests wishing to make adjustments to existing reservations, we are happy to extend the previously announced Move the Date, Keep the Rate + a free night policy through February 28, 2021 for travel through April 30, 2021. If you have questions, we encourage you to reach out and contact your UVC call center agent at 877.923.2582.

We are pleased to be able to provide support in accordance with changing travel restrictions and thank you for your continued support.


Sincerely,
Gonzalo del Peón
Group President AMResorts® Americas & Global Commercial

*Provider details are pending for the following destinations: Costa Rica, Curacao, St. Martin, Acapulco, Ixtapa, Huatulco

 

[Guitarcrazy]

That is good customer service. I may consider changing my hotel reservations.

 

[SwampTiger90]

Coz Palace is also offering free onsite testing now, as well as free quarantine if you test positive

 

[Jcp2]

Coz Palace is also offering free onsite testing now, as well as free quarantine if you test positive

Will they pay for my temporary replacement at my job?

 

[kelemvor]

Seems odd to not see a provision for people who have been vaccinated. Not that I have, but as the year continues, more and more will be. There should be a provision for folks to provide proof of vaccination rather than only proof of test results.

 

[Jcp2]

Vaccination reduces symptoms but is not shown to be sterilizing. It could just reduce a persons disease severity to a mild level, and for this particular virus, maybe it’s exactly what we would want as time moves on. But in the meantime, best not to have asymptotic carriers move through an under immune/under vaccinated population.

Immunological characteristics govern the transition of COVID-19 to endemicity

Herd immunity by infection is not an option

 

[SwampTiger90]

Seems odd to not see a provision for people who have been vaccinated. Not that I have, but as the year continues, more and more will be. There should be a provision for folks to provide proof of vaccination rather than only proof of test results.

The logic is that it isn't known whether vaccination prevents you from spreading the virus and it isn't 100% effective.

 

[ReefHound]

The logic is that it isn't known whether vaccination prevents you from spreading the virus and it isn't 100% effective.

Nothing is 100% effective. Most especially, testing.

And for a typical one-week vacationer, getting tested three days before leaving the island means that almost half of their exposure on the island has occurred after the test, thus won't show up in the test.

 

[ReefHound]

Vaccination reduces symptoms but is not shown to be sterilizing. It could just reduce a persons disease severity to a mild level, and for this particular virus, maybe it’s exactly what we would want as time moves on. But in the meantime, best not to have asymptotic carriers move through an under immune/under vaccinated population.

Can the same not be said for covid recovered patients? Is there any scientific data that shows a covid-recovered is less susceptible to reinfection and spreading than a vaccinated person?

 

[Jcp2]

There is some evidence that a person that is infected by this corona virus has some level of resistance to illness that lasts for a variable amount of time, but can still harbor and spread the virus. That is the point of the second paper regarding what is likely to happen when this virus becomes widespread and endemic. At that point, only newborns and young children will be infected in a virgin state, and their symptoms are what predicts the behavior of the virus. We already know with some certainty that for this virus, the majority of kids present with very mild symptoms similar to that of the other viruses that cause a cold. For the other cold viruses, where did they get this virus from? Older children or adults who carry the virus and have at worst, a cold. These older individuals have a constantly evolving seasonal but non sterilizing immunity that keeps the virus under control from a severity standpoint. The point of vaccination is to get us older people “caught up” so that we will just have a bad cold the next time we are infected with the virus. Otherwise it seems that we’re in a version of the smallpox to the new world problem, except rather than being the giver of the blankets, we are the recipient.