UAE citizens, residents are now allowed to travel

Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE), represented by the National Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Management Authority, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship, has, on Saturday, made an announcement that all citizens, as well as residents in the UAE, will now be allowed to travel in accordance with the preventive and precautionary measures enforced within the UAE’s airports and the destinations’ regulations.

The UAE’s national carriers, as well as international carriers, will begin their flight operations as per the classification system which is based on many health and safety standards.

The UAE’s travel protocol will be applied adhering to the destination. This will be dependent on several factors which include public health, health checks upon arrival at the destination and when returning back to the UAE, quarantine and self-monitoring of the health of the traveller. In addition to these protocols, necessary preventative guidelines and procedures will apply.

Mandatory requirements must be followed before departure and upon arrival from all travel destinations.

Only the UAE nationals will be required to register with ‘Twajudi’ in order to facilitate communication with them during their travels.

All citizens and residents will have to undergo a COVID-19 test before travel, depending on the health guidelines at the desired destinations. A test result will be required within 48 hours of the travel period.

The COVID-19 test results must be presented either through the Al Hosn application or should be shown a medical certificate as proof of the negative result, to prove that the individual is not infected by COVID-19, to the concerned authorities at arrival.

Travel will only be permitted for individuals who receive a negative result and they also must get international health insurance, which will be valid throughout the travel period and also covers the desired destination.

All returning residents must be sure that there is no violation of regulations and procedures, of which one of the most important ones being the pre-examination in the countries where laboratories are available before they return to the UAE.

People over the age of 70 years or suffer from chronic diseases have been advised to avoid travel as these individuals are likely to be vulnerable due to high-risks associated.