DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority announced an extension of an entry ban for passengers traveling from India on Wednesday.
“NCEMA and Civil Aviation: Suspension of entry for travelers from India on all flights on national and foreign carriers, as well as for transit passengers coming from India, with the exception of transit flights traveling to the UAE and bound for India,” the authority tweeted.
UAE nationals, diplomatic missions, official delegations, business planes and golden visa residency holders will be exempt from the ban, NCEMA added.
Individuals who are under the exemption from the rule will have to present valid negative PCR tests no older than 48 hours before their flight, will repeat the PCR test at the airport, undergo a 10-day quarantine, and repeat the PCR test on the fourth and eighth day after arriving, the authority said.
The earlier suspension of travel between UAE and India was to be lifted on May 4.
India’s coronavirus deaths rose by a record 3,780 during the last 24 hours, a day after it became the second country to cross the grim milestone of 20 million infections after the United states, according to Reuters.
Daily infections rose by 382,315 on Wednesday, health ministry data showed, the report added.
