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UAE to resume allowing in all tourists vaccinated against COVID
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates announces it will resume issuing visas to all tourists fully vaccinated against COVID starting tomorrow, a month before Dubai hosts the delayed Expo 2020 trade fair.
The move comes amid a drop in coronavirus infections in the oil-rich Gulf country, after it reported less than 1,000 cases per day last week for the first time in months.
The UAE’s decision to reopen its doors to tourists from all countries was made in order “to achieve sustainable recovery and economic growth,” the official WAM news agency reports today.
Those eligible have to be fully inoculated with one of the COVID-19 vaccines approved by the World Health Organization, which include AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech, Sinopharm and Sinovac.
“The decision applies to citizens of all countries, including those arriving from previously banned countries,” WAM says.
“Passengers arriving on tourist visas must take a mandatory PCR test at the airport,” it adds.
The UAE is made up of seven emirates including the capital Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
While life in the country has largely returned to normal amid the COVID pandemic, it continues to enforce strict rules on wearing masks and social distancing.
The Times of Israel Community.