UAE Prevents Travel of Unvaccinated Citizens as of Jan. 10

Ahmed Moamar

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has decided to ban travel for all its citizens who are not vaccinated with the anti-coronavirus " COVID-19 " vaccine, starting on January 10, to preserve the health and safety of its citizens.

The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation indicated today, Saturday, the requirement to obtain the support dose for vaccinated citizens of the country, according to the national protocol for supporting doses, to allow them to travel.

The Ministry stated that the medically excluded groups from taking the vaccine, in addition to humanitarian and treatment cases, are excluded from this decision.

The National Emergency and Crisis Management Authority and the General Civil Aviation Authority in the UAE announced an update to the travel protocol for citizens to the countries to which travel is prohibited, as of tomorrow, Wednesday.

The protocol clarified that travel will be allowed for citizens who have received full doses of the approved COVID-19 vaccine, in addition to continuing to prevent travel for citizens who have not received full doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

They exempted those who are on official missions, sick cases, and those receiving treatment outside the country, as well as humanitarian causes and study scholarships outside the country, subject to obtaining prior approval from the official authorities.

Citizens returning from those countries are required to present a negative PCR test result before returning from the destination containing a QR Code that was conducted within 48 hours from the time of departure, in addition to presenting the result of another Rapid Test PCR examination that was conducted up to 6 hours before the departure time at the airport grounds for the destination.

The protocol also included several departure requirements, which are the necessity of registering in the "My Presence" service for citizens, showing a negative examination result within 48 hours, as well as adhering to the destination procedures.