The UAE has been hell bent on protecting against the influx of affected passengers and has been issuing mandates for testing on and before arrivals and so on. The passengers arriving from these three countries, namely, Austria, Maldives and Oman, do not need to take the on-arrival tests. However, the requirement to submit negative COVID-19 PCR test certificate with a QR code issued within 48 hours of the collection of the sample. This would be in effect from 4^th of September, 2021.