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UAE bans travellers from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka
Dubai: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday announced that it will bar entry to all travellers from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka starting on Wednesday (May 12), in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
On official twitter handle, UAE's National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority and Civil Aviation (NCEMA) wrote, "Suspension of entry for travelers from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka on national and foreign flights, also for transit passengers, with the exception of transit flights traveling to UAE and bound for these countries."
Gulf state's NCEMA further added that flights between the four countries will continue to allow the transport of passengers from the UAE to Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
However, UAE citizens, long-term residency holders also known as golden visa holders and diplomats are not included in the ban.
#NCEMA and Civil Aviation: Suspension of entry for travelers from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka on national and foreign flights, also for transit passengers, with the exception of transit flights traveling to UAE and bound for these countries.https://t.co/Dhjg6dhPrp pic.twitter.com/bkPgdWexmM
— NCEMA UAE (@NCEMAUAE) May 10, 2021
The ban came just ahead of the Eid-Ul-Fitr.
To enter the UAE from the four countries, people must have been in another country for at least 14 days beforehand, NCEMA said.
Earlier in April, UAE banned entry to travellers from India over its concerns regarding spread of the highly contagious Indian variant.
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