Simple Flying - Haneesa Begum

After being the first airline to perform rapid COVID-19 testing on its passengers, Emirates decided yesterday to cease any further tests from taking place. The move comes after the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) deemed these tests to be mostly inaccurate. Emirates first utilized the pre-flight blood tests on passengers flying to Tunisia on April 15th, and again this month for repatriation flights to India.

According to The National, a Spanish study has revealed that the blood tests are only 30% accurate, as opposed to the previously reported 80%. Thus, the Dubai Health Authority has moved forward in putting an end to these quick tests. The DHA is banning all health providers from using these test kits...more

 

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