UAE now no longer needs pre-departure test
The United Arab Emirates has also eliminated the requirements for travelers. As usual, however, there are two approaches [...]
The United Arab Emirates has also eliminated requirements for travelers. As usual, however, there are two different approaches between Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Zero testing for Dubai
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There is little more than one month to the end of Expo Dubai 2020 and as of today, Feb. 26, it is no longer necessary to take any swabs for Going to Dubai. Vaccinated travelers will then be able to embark Without undergoing any tests: thus eliminated the pre-departure swab, just as no screening will be required upon arrival at the airport.
For Abu Dhabi a test on arrival.
Over the past 18 months the approach of the UAE capital has been very different from that of neighboring Dubai, again the decision is to eliminate the pre-departure test, But incoming passengers will be swabbed mandatory in order to move freely throughout the Emirates.
The rules for the unvaccinated
For those who have not completed the vaccination cycle there remains the option of traveling to the Emirates subject to a pre-departure PCR swab and one on arrival, indifferent to whether you land in Dubai or Abu Dhabi
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