Dubai:
Authorities in Dubai have eased travel restrictions for its residents from particular nations, which includes India, if they have received two doses of a UAE-authorized COVID-19 vaccine, according to a media report.
The Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management in Dubai, headed by Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, announced updates to Dubai’s travel protocols for inbound passengers from South Africa, Nigeria and India, effective from June 23, the Gulf News reported.
With regard to travel from India, only passengers with a valid residence visa who have received two doses of a UAE-authorized vaccine, are permitted to travel to Dubai.
There are 4 vaccines authorized by the UAE government — Sinopharm, Pfizer-BioNTech, Sputnik V and Oxford-AstraZeneca, the report added.
However, from South Africa and Nigeria, non-residence passengers are also permitted to travel topic to the vaccination and PCR test situations.
A unfavorable test certificate from a PCR test taken 48 hours prior to departure is expected, the report stated.
The UAE nationals are exempted from this requirement. Only QR-coded unfavorable PCR test certificates are accepted, it stated.
Furthermore, passengers from India are expected to undergo a fast PCR test 4 hours prior to departure to Dubai. They should also undergo a further PCR test on arrival in Dubai. In addition, following arrival, passengers from India must undergo institutional quarantine till they obtain their PCR test outcome, which is anticipated inside 24 hours, the report added.
In late April, the UAE closed its borders for travellers from India due to a surge in the quantity of COVID-19 situations in the nation in the course of the second wave of the pandemic.
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