Abu Dhabi .. “Green” to enter public places in “Al Hosn”

• The unvaccinated new residency holder is given 60 days to receive the vaccination
• Booster dose after 6 months to maintain the rating of “vaccinator”
• Update travel procedures for citizens, residents and visitors

Abu Dhabi: «The Gulf»

The Committee for the Management of Emergencies, Crises and Disasters caused by the Corona pandemic in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi has approved a mechanism for entering public places limited to restaurants, including citizens, residents and tourists, which will be used starting next Friday.

According to the approved mechanism, it will be allowed to enter the public places specified by the decision for the restaurant whose characteristics appear in the Al-Hosn application in green and which require a nasal swab examination (PCR) every 30 days, and entry will be allowed for the person exempted from the vaccination whose characteristics appear in the Al-Hosn application in green and which require a swab examination The nose (PCR) every 7 days, and children under 16 years of age who appear in the application of the fortress in green will also be allowed to enter without examination.

The approved mechanism stipulates that non-vaccinated people will not be allowed to enter the public places specified in the decision, and for everyone whose description appears in the Al-Hosn application in gray, which reflects the expiration of the expiry date of the nasal swab examination (PCR).

This entry mechanism will apply to visitors and tourists in the emirate, who must follow the protocol for coming from outside the country. The committee also announced that the holder of the new residence who is not vaccinated will be treated as an exemption from vaccination and will be given a period of 60 days to receive the vaccination.

booster dose

In order to maintain the classification of “vaccinator” on the Al-Hosn application, the committee clarified that the vaccinators must obtain the booster dose of the vaccine 6 months after receiving the second dose according to the medical protocol approved for each vaccine, provided that more than 6 months have passed since the second dose of the vaccine. For 30 days until September 20 before its fortress app color turns gray. Participant in the clinical trials of the “Covid-19” vaccine is excluded from this decision.

vaccination certificate

The committee also announced the procedures for approving the vaccination certificate issued from outside the country for visitors coming to the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

Identity application.

She said: “Before traveling to the emirate, the visitor must register in the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship application or its website, through the “Arrivals Registration” service, fill out the form and attach documents proving the vaccination status, and then the visitor receives a text message that includes a link to download an application. Al Hosn, and upon arrival in Abu Dhabi, the visitor obtains the unified number at the airport or through the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship application or its website, and registers on the Al Hosn application using the unified number, the phone number registered with the authority, or the personal phone number when conducting the nasal swab examination PCR in the country, and the visitor receives a one-time password (OTP) to complete the registration procedures on the Al-Hosn application, which enables the user to view his health status, vaccination information, examinations, travel and use the QR code.

The Committee for the Management of Emergencies, Crises and Disasters caused by the Corona pandemic in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi also announced the update of travel procedures for citizens, residents and visitors coming to the Emirate of Abu Dhabi from outside the country, and it begins working from today, Sunday.

green list

Restaurants coming from the green list destinations are required to perform a nasal swab examination (PCR) upon arrival and an additional examination on the sixth day, without the need for quarantine. As for restaurants coming from other destinations, they must perform a nasal swab examination (PCR) upon arrival and quarantine. For 7 days, with an additional nasal swab (PCR) examination on the sixth day.

Al-Hosn App

The protocol applies to fully vaccinated citizens and residents in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, as well as visitors who are proven to have received the vaccination in the Al Hosn application.

As for the travel procedures for non-vaccinated citizens, residents and visitors, those coming from the green list destinations are required to perform a nasal swab examination (PCR) upon arrival without the need for quarantine, in addition to a nasal swab examination (PCR) on the sixth and ninth day.

Non-vaccinated citizens, residents and visitors coming from other destinations must perform a PCR examination upon arrival and quarantine for a period of 10 days, with another examination on the ninth day.

stone procedures

The Committee for the Management of Emergencies, Crises and Disasters caused by the Corona pandemic in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, in cooperation with the Department of Health in Abu Dhabi and the Abu Dhabi Center for Public Health, issued an update of the procedures for home quarantine for contacts of a positive case, in the context of ensuring the health and safety of all members of society, as of August 15, 2021. .

The committee explained that the quarantine period for the two vaccinated people is up to 7 days, with a re-examination of the nasal swab PCR on the sixth day, and if the result is negative, the electronic bracelet is removed on the seventh day.

The quarantine for the unvaccinated extends for ten days, with a re-examination of the nasal swab on the ninth day, and the electronic bracelet is removed on the tenth day in case the result is negative.

FREE EXAMINATION

Contacts registered in the home quarantine program can conduct the examination for free without the need to book an appointment and remove the electronic bracelet at the distinguished Covid 19 assessment centers affiliated with the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) in Zayed Port in Abu Dhabi, and in Al Ain at the Exhibition Center in Al Khabaisi, and in Al Dhafra in Madinat Zayed or One of the Al Dhafra Hospitals affiliated to a health company.