Pakistan reduces PCR test validity for travellers from UAE, other countries
Waheed Abbas/Dubai
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The new rule will come into effect from tomorrow, February 1.
Pakistan has reduced the validity requirement of negative Covid-19 PCR test results from 96 hours to 72 hours for passengers travelling from the UAE and other countries.
Shahid Mughal, regional manager for the UAE at Pakistan International Airline (PIA), said the new rule would come into effect from Monday, February 1, 2021.
“The timing for the Covid-19 PCR test starts when the passenger gives a swab test at the medical facility. Earlier, it was 96 hours. It has been reduced to 72 hours for Pakistan-bound passengers from the UAE and other countries from tomorrow (Monday, February 1, 2021),” Mughal told Khaleej Times on Sunday.