Emirates airline offers free PCR tests to passengers with Expo tickets

Emirates airline passengers can now obtain a free PCR test when they arrive at Dubai International Airport, allowing them to visit the Expo site.

Passengers must show their Expo tickets, which they can get free of charge with their plane tickets, to airline staff to benefit from the initiative.

The testing lounge is near the immigration hall at the airport.

The walk-in service is aimed at passengers who are not vaccinated against Covid-19, or who wish to get tested as a precaution.

To enter the Expo, visitors must show a Covid-19 vaccine certificate or a negative result from a PCR test taken up to 72 hours earlier.

While there is an on-site testing centre for Expo visitors – with results usually returned within four hours – organisers have urged people to come to the event prepared.

Until March 31 next year, passengers on Emirates flights can obtain a day pass to the Expo site free of charge.

To claim a pass, passengers are required to enter their details on the Emirates website under the Expo tab.

The tickets will be mailed directly to the person who booked the flights.

More than three weeks into the six-month world’s fair, tourists from abroad and people living in the UAE have flocked to the Dubai South site to enjoy the pavilions, parks, restaurants and live shows.

Weekends have proved popular with families and, as temperatures continue to cool, more visitors are expected to flood through the gates.

People living in the UAE can use Al Hosn app to show their proof of vaccination or test results to allow them to enter the Expo site.

The public can also show either digital or paper copies of certificates issued by UAE health authorities as proof of vaccination to gain entry.

Visitors to the country have been encouraged to download Al Hosn app and add their international vaccine certificate details and unified identification number, which is issued on arrival in the country.

Expo 2020 Dubai will also permit tourists to show vaccination certificates issued by their national governments.

For tourists, if the vaccine is recognised in the visitor’s country, and they have been issued with a certificate, Expo authorities will accept it.

The walk-in service is aimed at passengers who are not vaccinated, or who wish to get tested as a precaution