Finding a Doctor/ Healthcare Provider in France for Recovery Certificate

Sorry to hear your trouble. Can you get a letter from your US doctor? Someone in Italy had a problem he got a recovery letter from the US doctor by talking to them on video/phone and United accepted it for flight back (cannot find that post but there is couple of previous posts on this topic in the forum)

Thank you so much, Shaun. I will reach out to my US doctor again, I had gotten some mixed information regarding telehealth appointments with US doctors abroad and will also look for other's posts to these situations. Thank you so much for your help and answer, it has made me feel a lot better!

I am sorry you faced these challenging circumstances, but glad you are better. Here is a link to one possible source of a letter.

https://quick.md/blog/doctors-notes-medical-certificates/documentation-of-recovery-for-recent-covid-19-infection-cdc/

have you asked your hotel?

Hi Carol and Nigel! Thank you both for your response.

A little update. I'm now able to use Doctolib which is great news. I have asked my hotel but they have been looking into it for two days now so unfortunately that hasn't been super helpful and I will also check out the quickmd. Thank you both so much!

If you don't mind, more information may be valuable for the rest of us; you tested positive some time ago initially, was that through a clinic/pharmacy? or by self-test? The rapid tests since recovery, were those by Clinic/Pharmacy, or self-test?

Doctolib is only a scheduler, anyone may use the free service.

I should think that as soon as you have a negative Antigen test that you could schedule an appointment with any doctor, should cost about 30 euors, and obtain a recovery certificate. You might also be able to get a certificate from SOS Medicine which will send a doctor to your hotel room for under 100 euros:

https://www.sosmedecins.fr/en/

My husband used this telehealth service in Portugal for a not-covid issue to talk with a doctor online and get a prescription and it worked well. Its in multiple countries. The website says something about covid letters, so might be helpful.

Tocard -- they may not have a negative test for weeks. You can get a certificate 10 days after testing positive even if you still test positive -- they substitute for a negative test for immigration purposes. OP please report back how you managed this. And fie on the hotel for not being able to assist. One of the few reasons to book a hotel is that they supposedly provide assistance locally when needed. This is a predictable need that they should be on top of and should have a doctor on call to provide.

@tocard and others. The quickmd site offers a telemedicine appt in English and a Covid recovery letter in 30 minutes for $75 as long as criteria are met. If I find myself in this situation, it will probably be my solution.

https://quick.md/documentation-of-recovery

janettravels44, my understanding is that the quarantine period is now 7 days -- is it different for being able to fly home? https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/france-cuts-isolation-covid-positive-7-days-10-days-2022-01-01/

French quarantine is 7 days. US is five.
You should make your Doctolib appt for day 8 after your positive test result and then you can fly out. This happened to us in November when it was a 10-day quarantine. Our French doctor wrote our letters for 25€. We each needed an appointment because my husband tested positive 5 days before I did. Be sure you bring the list of what needs to be included in the letter.

However, we just had a friend over at lunch today who tested positive 6 days ago. It wasn't a false-positive because he was in a group of 27 people for a large dinner; everyone tested positive a few days later. Yesterday, in order to come to the house here in France, he retested and was negative. So retest before you bother with a letter. Tons of triple-vaccinated people around me are getting tiny little cases right now. He tested negative quickly; you might, too.

Bets, that is encouraging information.

DMpoist, so sorry to hear you tested positive.

Very good information on this thread.

Thank you all so much for all of your help and your kindness, too! I had a very sweet friend help me out, in addition to your notes as well and I feel so cared for. I will keep you all updated.

If it helps anyone, if you contact Kaiser's nurse line, they set you up with a letter within a day or so. They need all the details, when you tested positive, symptoms, etc. But otherwise, very easy.

nbal re: Kaiser, this is very interesting -- I am a Kaiser patient in Maryland. Have you done this yourself from France? What documentation do they provide that allows one to get on a flight back to the USA?

Thank you so much for the follow up dmarie. We go in a couple of weeks and I feel like I have everything buttoned down except what to do if …. I have all the legal sites bookmarked but sharing your practical real-life experience is very helpful. Best of luck.

Glad to hear that the number of days required have dropped. We are about to set forth with a child who will fly back unaccompanied 10 days later and our biggest concern is that she tests positive and then what do we do -- She is triple vaxxed and we are quadruple vaxxed so hoping that is enough but breakthrough cases are common enough that everyone needs to know what to do.

I am still astounded that the hotel could not be helpful. The ONLY reason to stay in a hotel is that staff can be helpful and this is such a predictable need. I am surprised they don't have a doctor on call.

Do you need an official pharmacy test to establish the time needed for quarantine. e.g. is it enough to have symptoms start on day X or a home test on day X? We are taking a few home tests just in case.

Thank you so much for the update and for sharing what worked for you! I'm so happy things worked out for you and that you are back home.

thanks for your update glad you were able to get home!