UAE: Dubai eases travel restrictions from certain countries including India

Dubai: Dubai has allowed holders of UAE residency visas caught outdoors the nation to return from certain nations if they've acquired two doses of a UAE-approved vaccine.

The Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management in Dubai, headed by Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, introduced updates to Dubai’s travel protocols for inbound passengers from South Africa, Nigeria and India, efficient from Wednesday June 23.

With regard to travel from India, solely passengers with a legitimate residence visa who've acquired two doses of a UAE-approved vaccine, are allowed to travel to Dubai. They must also current a unfavourable take a look at certificates from a PCR take a look at taken 48 hours earlier than departure.

UAE nationals are exempted from this requirement. Only QR-coded unfavourable PCR take a look at certificates are accepted.

Furthermore, passengers from India are required to endure a fast PCR take a look at 4 hours previous to departure to Dubai. They should additionally endure one other PCR take a look at on arrival in Dubai. In addition, following arrival, passengers from India ought to endure institutional quarantine till they obtain their PCR take a look at outcome, which is predicted inside 24 hours.

UAE residents and diplomats are exempted from institutional quarantine.

The new protocols enable travellers from South Africa, who've acquired two doses of a UAE-approved vaccine to enter Dubai. Passengers should current a unfavourable outcome from a PCR take a look at taken inside 48 hours earlier than departure to Dubai; UAE nationals are exempted from this PCR take a look at requirement. Passengers should additionally endure a PCR take a look at on arrival in Dubai. Transit passengers ought to adjust to entry protocols of ultimate locations.

For travellers from Nigeria, passengers should current a unfavourable take a look at outcome for a PCR take a look at taken 48 hours earlier than departure; UAE residents are exempted from this requirement. The unfavourable PCR take a look at certificates ought to carry a QR Code and the take a look at will need to have been performed by labs accepted by the Nigerian Government. Passengers should additionally endure a PCR take a look at on arrival in Dubai. Transit passengers ought to adjust to entry protocols of ultimate locations.

There are 4 vaccines within the UAE to be used on eligible people in opposition to the COVID-19 an infection: Sinopharm, Pfizer-BioNTech, Sputnik V and Oxford-AstraZeneca.

The Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management mentioned the up to date travel protocols are a part of an everyday technique of revising and optimising precautionary measures based mostly on the most recent native, regional and worldwide developments. They are additionally aimed toward enabling the town to proceed serving as a world industrial hub and a bridge for travel and commerce between the east and west.