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3-layer RT-PCR testing, vaccination mandatory: Dubai’s new rules for Indian travellers

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 6/23/2021 7:57:21 AM

Dubai, June 22 The UAE government has put in place a slew of measures, including three-layer RT-PCR testing, to keep the new Delta variant from permeating the Gulf country by way of incoming travellers. Starting June 23, inbound passengers from South Africa, Nigeria, and India will be subject to these updated travel protocols announced by the Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management in Dubai. First identified in India, the Delta variant of Covid-19 has now been detected in many other GCC countries. As a result, the UAE government is taking a cautious approach by adopting three layers of PCR testing before and at the time of landing in Dubai to winnow out the mutated strain of the virus. Taking to India Today Dr Sunil Vyas, Pulmonology (Specialist), Aster Hospital, Dubai said, “We are fully prepared and taking every precaution required to ensure that Delta variants should not get a chance to enter Dubai with incoming passengers. Multi-layer testing and vaccination will definitely help us to stop the outbreak of coronavirus in Dubai again.” The UAE’s flagship carrier Emirates Airlines has confirmed it will begin accepting Dubai-bound passengers from India, in accordance with the new travel protocols. Regarding travel from India, only passengers with a valid residence visa who have received two doses of a UAEapproved vaccine (Pfizer- BionNTech, Oxford- AstraZeneca or Covishield, Sinopharm and Sputnik), are allowed to travel to Dubai. They should also present a negative test certificate from a PCR test taken 48 hours before departure.