Home Covid-19 Abu Dhabi updates Covid-19 testing and quarantine rules for vaccinated citizens and residents The new rules effective Monday, May 3, require vaccinated citizens and residents to show proof of their jabs on the Alhosn app by Varun Godinho May 3, 2021 Abu Dhabi has revised the rules regarding mandatory Covid-19 testing and home quarantine requirements for vaccinated arrivals who are either UAE citizens or residents of the emirate. Effective Monday, May 3, vaccinated travellers arriving from ‘green list’ countries must take a PCR test on arrival and on day six, without the need to quarantine. Vaccinated residents and citizens arriving from countries which are not on the green list must take a PCR test on arrival and quarantine for five days. They must take another PCR test on day four of their arrival to the UAE. The new travel update applies to vaccinated UAE citizens and residents of Abu Dhabi who have received their second vaccine dose at least 28 days earlier, and with their vaccine report documented on the Alhosn app. #AbuDhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee has updated the travel procedures for vaccinated citizens and residents of the emirate, effective Monday, 3 May 2021. pic.twitter.com/ctSwMDVj1k — مكتب أبوظبي الإعلامي (@admediaoffice) May 2, 2021 The Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee which announced the new travel rules on Sunday added that non-vaccinated citizens and residents of Abu Dhabi arriving from the green list countries must take a PCR test on arrival. They do not need to quarantine, but must take two other PCR tests on days six and 12. Meanwhile, unvaccinated citizens and residents arriving from countries not on the green list must take a PCR test on arrival, quarantine for ten days and repeat a PCR test on day eight. As per the current green list issued by authorities in Abu Dhabi, effective April 25, it included 23 destinations. These included: Australia Bhutan Brunei China Cuba Greenland Hong Kong (SAR) Iceland Israel Japan Mauritius Morocco New Zealand Portugal Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Switzerland Taiwan (ROC) Tajikistan United Kingdom Uzbekistan Tags Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi Emergency Abu Dhabi Emergency Crisis and Disasters Committee ALHOSN UAE Covid-19 Covid-19 Testing Covid-19 Vaccine Green list News UAE 0 Comments You might also like Flying Taxis: How Archer aims to revolutionise travel in the UAE AD Ports signs concession deal to operate Egypt’s Safaga terminal UAE to announce petrol, diesel prices for January; will rates drop in 2024? How REITs are unlocking the potential of UAE real estate