An entire Covid-19 information on visiting and travelling round Abu Dhabi.
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Travelling to the the UAE Capital is now a PCR test-free affair for vaccinated passengers. Unvaccinated passengers have to take a pre-travel PCR take a look at, however don’t have to bear one after arriving in Abu Dhabi.
Nonetheless, a Inexperienced Move on the AlHosn app remains to be a requirement for entry to most public locations within the Capital.
Right here is all you must know.
What are the PCR testing guidelines for travelling to Abu Dhabi?
In an announcement despatched to Khaleej Instances, a spokesperson for Etihad Airways detailed the foundations for travelling to Abu Dhabi Worldwide Airport (AUH):
>> Totally vaccinated passengers don’t want a PCR take a look at earlier than departure. Vaccination certificates should have a QR code.
>> Passengers who will not be vaccinated travelling to Abu Dhabi should current a detrimental PCR take a look at taken inside 48 hours of departure, or a Covid-19 restoration certificates with a QR code dated inside 30 days of departure. Kids youthful than 16 are exempt.
>> Passengers is not going to have to take a PCR take a look at on arrival in Abu Dhabi – regardless of their vaccination standing.
Can passengers nonetheless go for a PCR take a look at on arrival?
Sure, however at their very own expense. It prices Dh40 to take a take a look at on the Arrivals testing facility at AUH.
Do I have to take a PCR take a look at to activate the Inexperienced Move on AlHosn app?
Sure. In a tweet, Abu Dhabi Airport mentioned: “The PCR take a look at facility at AUH remains to be out there in the identical location for arrivals as an elective service for passengers who want to activate their Inexperienced Move on AlHosn App, which is necessary to enter many amenities in Abu Dhabi.”
Which public locations in Abu Dhabi are restricted to these exempted or and youngsters?
In keeping with data out there on the Go to Abu Dhabi web site, such locations “embody procuring centres, eating places and cafes; different shops together with these not in procuring centres; gyms and leisure amenities; well being golf equipment and resorts; museums and cultural centres; universities and institutes; theme parks; and cinemas”.
How is entry granted to such locations?
“To achieve entry to the desired public locations, people might want to current the AlHosn app to point out their ‘Inexperienced’ standing,” says the Go to Abu Dhabi web site. “People with out the AlHosn app can alternatively current proof of full vaccination through both a full vaccination certificates from their residence nation or by displaying full vaccination standing of their residence nation cellular app, in addition to a detrimental PCR take a look at outcome inside the final 14 days.”
What are the PCR testing guidelines to activate the Inexperienced Move?
In keeping with Go to Abu Dhabi web site, a Inexperienced Move requires the next:
>> Vaccinated travellers should obtain a detrimental PCR take a look at outcome each 14 days to take care of Inexperienced standing.
>> UAE residents have to take a well timed vaccine booster shot to take care of Inexperienced standing on the AlHosn app. This requirement doesn’t apply to vacationers.
>> Guests with an official vaccine exemption should obtain a detrimental PCR take a look at outcome each 7 days to take care of the Inexperienced standing. The PCR take a look at should have been carried out within the UAE.
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>> Kids aged beneath 12 years mechanically obtain the Inexperienced standing with out the should be vaccinated or to take a PCR take a look at.
>> Kids aged 12 to fifteen years don’t should be vaccinated however do have to take a PCR take a look at to obtain the Inexperienced standing on the AlHosn app.