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Abu Dhabi offers fans PCR test discount

- ABU DHABI Staff Report

Cricket fans attending ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 matches in Abu Dhabi can get the required prematch PCR test for half the current price at VPS Healthcare’s Burjeel Hospitals, according to a press release.

A partnershi­p between Burjeel and Abu Dhabi Sports Council entails each ticket holder to the 15 matches taking place at Zayed Cricket Stadium will be entitled to the half price offer and can avail it at any of three sites in the UAE capital by showing their official matchday ticket: Burjeel Medical City, Burjeel Day Surgery Center Al Reem Island and Burjeel Medical centers in Al Shahama, Al Shamka, and Al Zeina.

The facilities will welcome tickethold­ers for the discounted PCR tests, which are required for entry to every match at Zayed Cricket Stadium, alongside a green pass on their Al Hosn App.

Half-price offers

Fans attending the Super 12 stage opener between Australia and South Africa, will be the first to avail the half-price offer by taking their tests today and receiving their results in time to be able to show a negative result within 72 hours of the match’s 2pm start on Saturday.

Zayed Cricket Stadium will be able to host more than 10,000 fans for every match. “Abu Dhabi Sports Council, Burjeel Hospitals, and Abu Dhabi Cricket have come together for this initiative in order to safely accommodat­e all of those people on site and, at the same time, help reduce the cost on the paying public,” said Aref Al Awani, General Secretary of Abu Dhabi Sports Council.

PCR tests are required for entry to every match at Zayed Cricket Stadium, alongside a green pass on their Al Hosn App.

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