No pre-flight Covid-19 tests for UAE residents travelling to Dubai from these countries

No pre-flight Covid-19 tests for UAE residents travelling to Dubai from these countries

Dubai-based carrier Emirates updated the mandatory pre-flight Covid-19 testing rules for inbound UAE residents on Monday.

It said that UAE residents from the following countries can take a single Covid-19 PCR test on arrival in Dubai and do not need to test themselves  prior to departure: Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives Islands, Mauritius, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States (New York, Washington DC, Boston, Chicago, Seattle).

However, tourists arriving from the above countries must present a negative Covid