dubai authorities in dubai have eased travel restrictions for its residents from certain countries including india if they have received two doses of a uaeapproved covid19 vaccine according to a media reportthe supreme committee of crisis and disaster management in dubai headed by sheikh mansoor bin mohammed bin rashid al maktoum announced updates to dubais travel protocols for inbound passengers from south africa nigeria and india effective from june 23 the gulf news reportedwith regard to travel from india only passengers with a valid residence visa who have received two doses of a uaeapproved vaccine are allowed to travel to dubai there are four vaccines approved by the uae government sinopharm pfizerbiontech sputnik v and oxfordastrazeneca the report addedfurthermore passengers from india are required to undergo a rapid pcr test four hours prior to departure to dubai they must also undergo another pcr test on arrival in dubai in addition following arrival passengers from india should undergo institutional quarantine until they receive their pcr test result which is expected within 24 hours the report addedhowever from south africa and nigeria nonresidence passengers are also allowed to travel subject to the vaccination and pcr test conditionsa negative test certificate from a pcr test taken 48 hours before departure is required the report saidthe uae nationals are exempted from this requirement only qrcoded negative pcr test certificates are accepted it saidin late april the uae closed its borders for travellers from india due to a surge in the number of covid19 cases in the country during the second wave of the pandemic