UAE: Unvaccinated federal govt staff to undergo PCR test every 48 hours

Unvaccinated federal government employees in the UAE are mandated to take a Covid-19 PCR test every two days.

The directive applies to employees of federal government departments and ministries, the Federal Authority For Government Human Resources has announced.

الهيئة: تعديل إجراءات التصدي لجائحة كوفيد – 19 في #الحكومة_الاتحادية اعتباراً من يوم الأحد الموافق 29 #أغسطس 2021 pic.twitter.com/o2bneTTnRk

— FAHR (@FAHR_UAE) August 22, 2021

Those employees that have received both doses of the vaccine are exempt from the ruling.

A total of 60,942 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine were administered in past 24 hours, authorities reported on August 21. The total vaccine doses have now reached 17.6 million across the country.

60,942 doses of #COVID19 vaccine administered in past 24 hours: MoHAP. #TogetherWeRecover #WamNews pic.twitter.com/YhTJ5CRL1i

— WAM English (@WAMNEWS_ENG) August 21, 2021

Meanwhile, 1,066 new Covid-19 infections were revealed on August 21, raising the nationwide total to 708,302.