Less Than 1% of UAE Visitors Tested Positive for COVID-19

In the weekly COVID-19 briefing, the UAE's General Authority of Civil Aviation official stated that all approved COVID-19 testing centers work as per the highest global standards, reported the Khaleej Times on February 23, 2021.

Over 2.7 million PCR tests were performed on passengers arriving in the UAE. The COVID-19 infection rate detected was 0.7 percent.

Beginning January 26, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention required all air passengers two years of age and over entering the USA to present a negative COVID-19 test, taken within three days of departure​, or proof of recovery from the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus within the last 90 days.