6 PCR sites for arriving passengers at the airport

The PCR examinations of all arriving passengers at the airport will start from February 7, provided the designated sites are prepared and a unified electronic platform is implemented, Al Qabas daily reported.

The General Administration of Civil Aviation assigned ground service providers to implement the decisions of the Council of Ministers regarding charging airlines a PCR examination procedure for all arrivals.  A source told the daily that the ground service providers are in the process of negotiation with 4 accredited laboratories to conduct this examination.

Although it is possible that the plan could change due to the emergence of new strains of Coronavirus, sources mentioned that the total number of PCR test sites for arrivals will be 6, including 3 sites in the T1 building and one site in each of T4, T5, and T3.