UAE's National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority announced a series of conditions and measures regulating the travel of citizens and residents, effective 23 June 2020.
Travel will be allowed to certain destinations according to a strategy that has classified all countries into three categories.
The first category is classified as low risk nations to which all citizens and residents are allowed to travel.
The second is medium risk nations to which only a limited category of citizens are allowed to travel in case of emergency, visiting first degree family members or for military, diplomatic and official missions.
The third category is high risk countries to which travel is categorically banned.
Citizens and residents must abide by the following provisions before departure from the UAE:
• All citizens and residents have to apply for a travel request through the Federal Authority for Citizenship and Identity's website and register in the Twajudi service prior to travel.
• All travelers must undergo a COVID-19 test before travel as the health regulations in the country of destination may require a test result which dates back to no more than 48 hours before the travel date. The test result has to be displayed at the country's airports via the Alhosn app. Only travelers who tested negative for the virus will be allowed to travel.
• People aged over 70 years old will not be allowed to travel. People with chronic diseases are also advised not to travel for their safety.
• An international medical insurance covering the country of destination is mandatory for all travelers.
• Everyone must comply with preventive measures at the airports, including wearing face masks, gloves, constant sanitization of hands and maintaining safe physical distance.
• People with more than 37.8C or higher temperature or those with respiratory disease symptoms will be isolated. Any person suspected to have COVID-19 will not be allowed to travel.
• Emirati and resident travelers must fill the required individual health accountability form, which includes an agreement to undergo quarantine upon return and not to go to destinations other than the ones applied to.
Mandatory provisions to be adhered to upon return to the UAE:
• Everyone must adhere to wearing face masks at all times upon entry.
• All travelers must show a special form of their itinerary, in addition to the health status form, along with their identification documents.
• Travelers must ensure they download and activate MoHAP's ALHOSN app on their mobile phones.
• After return, the traveler must undergo a home quarantine for 14 days after the COVID-19 test, which could decrease to seven days for travelers arriving from countries with lower risk or for professionals in critical sectors.
• Travelers with any symptoms must commit to undergo Covid-19 tests in an accredited medical facility within 48 hours of entering the country.
• If it is not possible to undergo home quarantine, the traveler must commit to self -quarantine in a facility or a hotel and pay all expenses.
Source: CAPA