[Exports_project_office] FW: [EXTERNAL] RE: COVID pcr testing and similar

Thu Feb 18 08:34:56 PST 2021

Hello to all,

more information for our meeting today:

Quaratino package per studio to include:
Accommodation
Breakfast bag delivered daily
Weekly Laundry Service - 1 bag per person per week
Netflix subscription already loaded onto smart TV
24/7 on site support - easily contacted via whatsapp
Assistance with online grocery shopping and delivery straight to studio door
All deliveries delivered to the studio door
Weekly linen, towels and essentials top up (essentials include toilet
rolls, dishwasher tabs, trash bags, shampoo, conditioner, body wash and
hand soaps). Dirty linen and towels collected
Daily removal of trash
Super fast unlimited wifi

Single occupancy Studio
£125 inc VAT per studio per night

Payment and cancellation:

*Payment*
10% none refundable deposit to be taken at time of booking
40% of remaining balance to be paid prior to arrival
50% remaining balance to be paid prior to departure

*Cancellation*
Confirmation of final numbers is required 50 days prior to the arrival date
and the client may release up to a total of 10% of rooms at no charge at
this time.

Cancellations and releases made after this time will be charged at the
following schedule:

   - Up to 45 days prior to arrival – 50%
   - Up to 30 days prior to arrival – 75%
   - 7 days or less – 100%

Please note cancellation days are Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm and
must be confirmed in writing.

On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 10:28 AM Cetinic, Ivona (GSFC-616.0)[UNIVERSITIES
SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION] via Exports_project_office <
exports_project_office at espo.nasa.gov> wrote:

> Hi people.
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> Please pay attention to the answers in green below provided by Guy – for
> our discussion today Thank you
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> Ivona
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> *From:* Dale-Smith, Guy <guy.dale-smith at noc.ac.uk>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 17, 2021 3:23 AM
> *To:* Cetinic, Ivona (GSFC-616.0)[UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH
> ASSOCIATION] <ivona.cetinic at nasa.gov>
> *Cc:* Short, Jon <jos at noc.ac.uk>; David Siegel <davey at eri.ucsb.edu>;
> Craig M. Lee <craiglee at uw.edu>
> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] RE: COVID pcr testing and similar
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> Ivona,
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> Hope all is well in DC and you have  / are surviving the cold snap!
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> Please see responses to your questions below in *green*
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> Regards,
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> Guy
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> Guy Dale-Smith | Research Ship Manager, National Marine Facilities
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> *From:* Cetinic, Ivona (GSFC-616.0)[UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH
> ASSOCIATION] <ivona.cetinic at nasa.gov>
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> *To:* Dale-Smith, Guy <guy.dale-smith at noc.ac.uk>
> *Cc:* Short, Jon <jos at noc.ac.uk>; David Siegel <davey at eri.ucsb.edu>;
> Craig M. Lee <craiglee at uw.edu>
> *Subject:* COVID pcr testing and similar
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> Hi Guy or Jon (who ever more appropriate),
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> Hope all is good over there, and that you are all looking forward to
> release of the lockdown.
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> 1)      Question for you regarding PCR tests:
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> a.       What is the turnaround time for those tests – we are currently
> counting on couple of days, but I recall you (or someone) saying it is a 24
> hour turnaround, as it is a private company. Can you verify that turnaround
> time for me as it would allow us to shorten the quarantine time for our
> group (from painful 17 to probably 14)?
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> We use Remote Medical International (RMI) to do our Covid-19 PCR testing.
> They are a large US based medical services company who brought out the UK
> company we used for all our medical requirements mid-2020.  We can arrange
> the testing for you using RMI.  Their health care professionals would test
> at the hotel then the samples are couriered to a laboratory for analysis.
> The service agreement is 24hrs turnaround from arrival at the lab
> (Nottingham) so we work on results being available midday the following
> day.
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> b.       In recent couple of months, several UNOLS cruises here in US
> were faced with the problem of false positives. As I am afraid of
> everything these days, I would like to put a mechanism in place that will
> insure that being taken care of. Hence – is there a possibility for me to
> open a conversation with the providers of the test, and see if it is
> possible– in case we have an asymptomatic positive case for our first or
> second testing during the quarantine – to repeat that test (probably two
> swabs) within 24 hours of the results of the previous one?
>
> All achievable.  NOC currently mitigate for false positives by having
> self-sample PCR test kits and LFD test kits on board for just such a
> scenario.  We / you can ask RMI to provide these for you and / or arrange
> for them to return to test again within 24/48hrs depending on their other
> commitments. .
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> c.       In case if we have such situation – positive, followed by two
> negative tests – who would make a final decision if that person is truly
> negative and hence allowed to sail?
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> I believe that would and should be a joint decision between NASA, NOC and
> the Captain (as per our own SOPs) based on all known variables and
> factoring in the close proximity of the science site to medevac SAR and
> medical care ashore.
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> Thank you in advance for your answers.
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> Ivona
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> Ivona Cetinic, Ph.D. (she/her)
> NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/USRA
> Ocean Ecology Laboratory
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