COVID-19 Test Reports From Four Indian Labs Invalid For Dubai: Air India Express

No-frills carrier Air India Express on Sunday informed that test reports from four labs in India are invalid for passengers traveling to Dubai.

This comes after a week the airline resumed its operations to/from Dubai, following a brief period of suspension over a COVID-19 rule violation

Air India Express on Sunday advised passengers traveling to Dubai to obtain pre-departure reverse transcript-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) COVID-19 negative test reports from Pure Health-approved laboratories in India as per the recommendation from Dubai authorities.

In an “important update for passengers to Dubai” posted on Twitter on Sunday evening, AIE named the lab reports from which will be rejected, based on recommendations from Dubai authorities.

“Regulatory authorities in Dubai have recommended Air India Express to reject the RT-PCR test reports from the following laboratories for passengers travelling to Dubai,” the airline stated.

#FlyWithIX : 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐔𝐁𝐀𝐈! pic.twitter.com/GY4OldKhXK

— Air India Express (@FlyWithIX) September 28, 2020

It listed the names of the labs as:

• Suryam Lab in Jaipur
• Microhealth Lab in the cities of Kerala
• Dr. P. Bhasin Pathlabs (P) LTD in Delhi and
• Noble Diagnostic Centre in Delhi.

“It has been further recommended that passengers to Dubai may be advised to obtain pre-travel RT-PCR reports from Pure Health-approved laboratories,” it added.

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