@AalekhT Hopefully they open up in August. But it's really not fair for one or two countries to be singled out especially when cases are rapidly falling and people continue to get vaccinated. Let's wait for an official announcement.
Regardless of how many days you stay, they're gonna charge you for 3. It's upto you if you wanna check out early after you test negative for the Covid test.
It usually means that if they think that you could be a load on their public health infrastructure or prove to be a health risk, they might approve/reject your permit based on what the results of the sputum test are.
I understand. Don't be anxious. Happens once in a while. Their system maintenance is generally done on the weekends as I've observed personally. Wait for 24 hours and it should be all back to normal.