The Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Committee in the Emirate of Sharjah announced a package of travel procedures through the emirate’s air ports, which follow the announcement of the opening of travel lines for citizens and residents in the United Arab Emirates, as part of efforts to preserve the health of community members, and to limit the spread of the Coronavirus. Covid-19

The committee stresses the need to follow all procedures issued by the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority to assess the general situation in countries.

Citizens and residents will be allowed to travel through the ports of the Emirate of Sharjah for any destination in the event that there are lines for air carriers and in accordance with the procedures of the countries in the entry of travelers, and travelers must ensure the epidemiological situation of the countries they want to visit with ensuring that health insurance covers all treatment and isolation costs for residents and tourists until the results of the examination appear Negativity, and requiring travelers to obtain a laboratory test certificate with a negative result before arriving at the ports of the Emirate of Sharjah, which were issued no more than 96 hours ago.

The examination will be repeated at the port regardless of the negative result, and in the event that the examination is conducted at one of the ports of the Emirate of Sharjah, the incoming traveler must adhere to self-quarantine in his place of residence until the result of the examination appears, and if the result is positive, the person is subject to home or health quarantine according to the period that was completed Determined in advance by the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, and the period of health isolation is 14 days if it is positive, with the traveler or sponsor bearing the costs of treatment and isolation, and in the event of non-compliance with the quarantine, the legal accountability and trial will be exposed.

Return of residents to the country through the ports of the Emirate of Sharjah - residence permits issued by the Emirates

The outlets will be opened according to the procedures and requirements previously set by the Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Committee, which stipulate that residents are allowed to enter through the ports of the Emirate of Sharjah without the need to take prior approvals, and the mandatory pre-examination before coming to the state does not exceed 96 hours from the date of travel, provided that it is a result. The examination is negative, and the laboratory examination is repeated (PCR) upon arrival at the ports of the Emirate of Sharjah. The health isolation of cases with a positive result shall be at the expense of the traveler or the sponsor.

Allowing citizens and residents to travel abroad from the UAE

Citizens of the country and residents are allowed to travel to various countries according to the scheduled trips through the ports of the Emirate of Sharjah and the procedures of the countries to which they are intended to travel to, and to conduct a laboratory examination PCR before travel within 96 hours from the date of travel to the destinations that require this, and to adhere to the procedures followed in the countries to which they want to travel to. With the necessity of having health insurance when traveling abroad, and re-conducting the laboratory examination PCR upon arrival at the ports of the Emirate of Sharjah.

Requirements for tourists and visitors to enter the emirate and application mechanisms

The existing procedures will be updated and reviewed periodically, and tourists from all countries will be allowed through the ports of the Emirate of Sharjah, provided that the requirements for entry into the state are met: which include booking a travel ticket, and the necessity to provide international health insurance for the tourist before coming to the country, and the tourist must obtain the results of the laboratory test PCR before Four days from the time of travel from the country of departure, showing proof of this upon entering the ports of the Emirate of Sharjah, and conducting the same examination again upon arrival at the ports of the emirate.

The arrivals must sign the undertaking and fill out a health disclosure form for those coming from all destinations and hand it over to the competent authorities at the port, self-quarantine the hotel or place of residence until the results of the examination appear, and the need to download the Al-Hosn application with recording data for those who hold the UAE ID, and the health isolation of cases with the result Positivity according to the procedures followed by the Ministry of Health and Community Protection.

The traveler must adhere to the procedures and requirements established by the government of the United Arab Emirates and other countries before travel and after returning through the ports of the Emirate of Sharjah, and he must disclose any symptoms before traveling through

Fill out the form provided by the airlines, and tourists must purchase travel insurance before arrival. Citizens must notify the country's embassies if they are infected with "Covid-19" while outside the country, and residents and tourists must bear the costs of examination and treatment in the country in the event of infection with " Covid-19 ", and adherence to all precautionary measures and self-monitoring of" Covid-19 symptoms. "