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Emirates to require negative COVID-19 test for transit passengers

The United Arab Emirates already required people entering the country to test negative for the coronavirus, but now the rule has been extended to all connecting travel on the Emirates airline.

A passengers of an Emirates airlines flight departing to the Australian city of Sydney, receives a box of masks and gloves at Dubai International Airport on May 22, 2020, after the resumption of scheduled operations by the Emirati carrier, amid the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic crisis. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP) (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)
A passenger of an Emirates airlines flight departing to the Australian city of Sydney receives a box of masks and gloves at Dubai International Airport on May 22, 2020. — KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images

The Emirates airline is requiring certain passengers destined for and connecting in Dubai to have test negative for COVID-19 before they fly.

As of Aug. 1, travelers flying into Dubai from a list of points of origin must present a negative COVID-19 test before they board their flight. The list includes flyers coming from the United States, Russia, Iran, Sudan, Egypt and other countries. The test must be taken within 96 hours of the flight, the airline announced in a notice. 

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