UAE bans non-vaccinated citizens from travelling

The United Arab Emirates will be banning non-vaccinated citizens from travelling abroad and will ban citizens who have not had three doses of a vaccine against Covid-19 from travelling too. The new rule is set to come into effect on 10 January 2022.

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The announcement was made by the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

#NCEMA and @MoFAICUAE: Ban on Travel on UAE citizens unvaccinated with #Covid19 vaccine, starting Jan 10, 2022, with a requirement to obtain the booster dose for the fully vaccinated. With an exemption for medically exempted from taking the vaccine, humanitarian & treatment cases pic.twitter.com/zUw1FoSLBt
— NCEMA UAE (@NCEMAUAE) January 1, 2022

Siting the announcement, Emirates news agency, WAM reported that fully vaccinated citizens would also require a booster shot to be eligible to travel. The ban would not apply to those with medical or humanitarian exemptions.