UAE flights: Airlines clarify rules for stranded expats who got Covid jab in home country

UAE flights: Airlines clarify rules for stranded expats who got Covid jab in home country

Stranded UAE residents who have received the Covishield vaccine in India will not be able to return at the moment, as per UAE national carriers Emirates Airlines and Etihad Airways, who are reiterating that only those vaccinated in the UAE will be permitted to fly back for now. The same conditions apply to those who have been inoculated with the Sinopharm, AstraZeneca, Moderna, Sputnik V and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. UAE authorities last week announced from which flights were suspended. These countries are India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Uganda and Nigeria. However, Dubai-based airline Emirates later announced that the suspension on flights to and from Nigeria had been . Stranded residents flooded the social media handles of both airlines with queries as soon as the new rules were announced. Key among the queries was whether it was necessary to have taken the vaccines in the UAE. "Only passengers with a valid UAE residence visa who have been fully vaccinated in the UAE and who hold an official vaccination certificate issued and approved by relevant authorities in the UAE are permitted to return to the UAE," said Emirates Airlines on Sunday, in response to a query from a