UAE travel: List of countries vaccinated residents can enter without a negative PCR test

UAE travel: List of countries vaccinated residents can enter without a negative PCR test

Airlines in the Emirates have also listed detailed country-by-country guidelines for residents and foreign travellers

Published: Sun 13 Feb 2022, 1:59 PM Last updated: Sun 13 Feb 2022, 2:14 PM

As different countries around the globe ease restrictions surrounding Covid-19, vaccinated UAE residents can fly to more than half a dozen countries without carrying a negative PCR test.

Some Gulf and East and Western European countries have withdrawn the conditions for travellers from the UAE to carry negative Covid-19 PCR test prior to their departure, thanks to the massive vaccination campaign the government has carried out over the past year.

The UAE is the world’s most vaccinated nation, with 96 per cent of the population fully vaccinated. In November 2021, the UAE had reached a landmark with 100 per cent of its eligible population receiving at least one dose of the vaccine.

In addition, all the UAE airlines have also listed detailed country-by-country guidelines for residents and foreign travellers related to Covid-19 certificates and vaccinations.

Most of the UAE airlines follow the guidelines issued by the relevant authorities in those countries, however, the national carrier Etihad Airways has mandated that all travellers carry a negative Covid-19 PCR certificate irrespective of the requirements of the destination country