Airlines must ensure that passengers boarding flights to the UAE have a negative Covid-19 test result.
Beginning tomorrow, all coming to the UAE will need a negative Covid-19 PCR test, authorities have announced in their latest update. The new requirement is to be introduced from the 24 July for all airports, before becoming mandatory from the 1 August.
The update applies to Emiratis, residents and tourists, as well as passengers transiting through airports in the UAE, according to a joint statement by the National Crisis and Emergency Management Authority (NCEMA) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MOFAIC).
Children under the age of 12 and those with severe and moderate disabilities will be exempted from the test requirement, which has 96 hours of validity from the date of testing.
Airlines must ensure that passengers boarding flights to the UAE should have a negative test result that is no more than 72 hours old, regardless of departure airport.
