As the
vaccination campaign in Abu Dhabi has started to fight the coronavirus spread,
authorities are also looking at increasing the list of benefits that comes to
people who are getting vaccinated and these benefits will help them to come in
larger numbers.
The regulations
are applicable for volunteers who are under phase three clinical trials for the
Chinese-developed Sinopharm vaccine and also for those who have taken both the
doses of the vaccine shots and waited for 28 days for the inoculation to take effect.
For this very
purpose, an application is being used called Al Hosn. Through this participants
who are in the phase three clinical trials will be identified through a yellow
star. To be eligible for these benefits, volunteers need to have received the
first dose and should have also undergone PCR test.
For people who
have participated in the National Vaccination Programme must wait for 28 days
after their second dose to apply for these exemptions. They will also have to
undergo a PCR test for it. To confirm their eligibility, they must keep active
on the application where if the letter E is in a red circle, that individual
will qualify to avail these exemptions.
The symbol will
at first appear for four weeks consistently but it will keep on appearing if
the person took PCR test repeatedly. If the person does not take the PCR test,
the symbol will disappear.
The benefits
range from taking fewer tests to dismissing the need to quarantine once you
have returned from abroad. There is a provision for those who have not yet
vaccinated. These people will have a negative test result which must be
received within 72 hours. If they continue living in the emirate for more than
six years, they must go for a PCR test.
Here there are a
wide range of benefits for those who have been vaccinated and have a negative
test result received within 72 hours. The Abu Dhabi’s Emergency, Crisis and
Disasters Committee for Covid-19 Pandemic also said, “The special measures are
only valid if the participant’s Al Hosn app continues to show their special
status, which is linked to taking a PCR test every fortnight, as per the
conditions of the trial and vaccination programme.”
Those who have taken only one vaccine shot or even
those for whom it has not been long since full vaccination, will still have to
get a PCR test and ensure their stay with a negative test result. This is also
valid for those who seek to fly out of Abu Dhabi. Travellers and tourists
arriving from a green country will not be needed to quarantine while other than
that they will have to be quarantined for 10 days.
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