AI Express asked not to fly people with Covid negative reports from certain labs to Dubai

NEW DELHI: In a move that raises critical question on the quality of Covid tests being conducted by some labs, Dubai aviation authorities have asked Air India Express not to fly passengers with a negative report from some such places to the UAE.
In a tweet, AI’s budget arm said: “Regulatory authorities in Dubai have recommended AI Express to reject RT-PCR test reports from” a lab in Kerala, two in Delhi and a chain of labs in Kerala.
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All passengers travelling to Dubai from any destination need to have a printed negative PCR test certificate to be accepted on the flight from a test conducted maximum 96 hours before departure. The only exception to this rule are children under 12 and passengers who have a moderate or severe disability.