The United Kingdom has updated its travel advice for tourists travelling to the UAE with new information about pre-departure COVID-19 test requirements, the British Embassy in the UAE has notified.
According to the latest update, tourists and visitors travelling from or through the UK and arriving in Dubai after 8am on January 16 (Saturday) must have a negative COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test which was taken no more than 96 hours before departure. The certificate must be presented at check in.
It says travellers to Abu Dhabi from the UK must have carried out a COVID-19 PCR test within 72 hours of departure and received a negative result and will also be required to undertake a COVID-19 PCR test on arrival. Travellers entering Abu Dhabi are also required to wear a government-provided wristband, complete a minimum 10-day period of self-isolation or quarantine and, depending on the length of their stay, have up to two further COVID-19 PCR tests on day 6 and 12 after their arrival
Residents returning to Dubai still need to get approval before travelling. Those returning to other parts of the UAE no longer need to get approval, it points out.
