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New Covid rule: 10-day hotel quarantine must for Filipinos flying home from UAE

Dubai - New testing and quarantine rules for all international arrivals were listed out in an advisory issued by the embassy.

Published: Sun 9 May 2021, 3:24 AM

Starting today, May 8, Filipinos who are flying home will have to undergo hotel quarantine for 10 days upon arrival.

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In an advisory issued by the Philippine Embassy in Abu Dhabi, new testing and quarantine rules for all international arrivals were listed out.

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A 14-day quarantine is mandatory. The first 10 days will have to be spent either in a hotel or an authorised facility, while the rest can be continued at home, provided that a negative RT-PCR test result is received, the advisory said.

“Testing will now be on Day 7, instead of Day 6, with Day 1 being the date of arrival and check-in,” it added.

Photo: Reuters

Photo: Reuters



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