{"id":626,"date":"2020-07-05T10:52:51","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T10:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=626"},"modified":"2021-04-14T12:13:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T12:13:08","slug":"you-now-need-a-negative-covid-test-to-enter-abu-dhabi","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/you-now-need-a-negative-covid-test-to-enter-abu-dhabi\/","title":{"rendered":"YOU NOW NEED A NEGATIVE COVID TEST TO ENTER ABU DHABI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignfull-width wp-image-627 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/juliana-malta-2-zDd91Cxh4-unsplash-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"630\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.graziame.com\/culture\/travel\/10-new-safety-measures-to-expect-on-your-next-emirates-flight\" target=\"_blank\">flights resume<\/a>\u00a0and travel bans ease in the UAE, Abu Dhabi has also updated its guidelines for those wishing to enter and exit the emirate. Here is everything you need to know.<\/p>\n<p>To enter Abu Dhabi, you will be required to be tested for COVID-19 outside the emirate and prior to entering. According to authorities at the Abu Dhabi Media office, &#8220;a text message showing a negative test result received within 48 hours must be shown in order to enter.&#8221;\u00a0Note that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/admediaoffice\/status\/1279120334457835520?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">only Covid-19 tests taken outside the Emirate will be valid for entry<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>For a short trip outside the emirate, you can take a test in the emirate before departing and have it valid for re-entry if it&#8217;s within 48 hours of receipt.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1617447155587946436=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Addressing the community\u2019s needs, guidelines for entry to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AbuDhabi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#AbuDhabi<\/a>\u00a0have been updated to enable those leaving to take a test in the emirate before departing and present this result on return, provided this result is within 48 hours of receipt.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B4txgfKSvy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/B4txgfKSvy<\/a>\u2014 \u0645\u0643\u062a\u0628 \u0623\u0628\u0648\u0638\u0628\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0645\u064a (@admediaoffice)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/admediaoffice\/status\/1279486728710041620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 4, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Note a test result more than 48 hours after receipt is not valid, &#8220;a new test must be taken outside the emirate at any hospital or any screening centre affiliated with the National Screening Programme,\u201d insists the Abu Dhabi Media office.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Juliana Malta for Unsplash<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28889,"featured_media":627,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[35,273],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>YOU NOW NEED A NEGATIVE COVID TEST TO ENTER ABU DHABI - Grazia Middle East<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/you-now-need-a-negative-covid-test-to-enter-abu-dhabi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"YOU NOW NEED A NEGATIVE COVID TEST TO ENTER ABU DHABI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As\u00a0flights resume\u00a0and travel bans ease in the UAE, Abu Dhabi has also updated its guidelines for those wishing to enter and exit the emirate. 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