UAE and Greece open quarantine-free travel corridor

Fully vaccinated travellers with an approved health certificate will be free to travel from May 18

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  Tourists from Ukraine arrive at Dubai International Airport on flydubai flight on July 10. Courtesy: Dubai Media Office

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  The Covid-19 pandemic requires everyone to maintain hygiene protocols such as wearing a mask and social distancing. AFP

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  An Indian passenger carries a child as she waits for a repatriation flight from Dubai International Airport. AFP

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  Health workers test an Indian citizen at Dubai International Airport before he boards a repatriation flight. AFP

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  Medics screen passengers waiting to board repatriation flights at Dubai International Airport. AFP

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  Passengers heading for Dubai can now be tested for Covid-19 at a greater number of facilities after the Emirates airlines recognised more clinics outside the Pure Health network. Getty Images

A safe travel corridor between the UAE and Greece opened for fully vaccinated passengers to ease movement between the two countries.

Under the agreement, passengers holding vaccination certificates issued by health authorities can from May 18 travel between the UAE and Greece without having to quarantine on arrival.

Travellers still need to abide by any Covid-19 precautionary measures in place.

People wishing to benefit from the quarantine-free travel corridor will be required to show documents to prove they have been fully inoculated with a Covid-19 vaccine.

The agreement is the third one signed in May, after Bahrain and Serbia established safe travel corridors with the UAE.

Greece, which has a population of about 11 million, administered close to 3.2 million vaccines by the end of April.

Everyone over 60 should have had at least one dose by the end of May.

A gradual reopening of the country's schools and non-essential shops is under way this month, with the tourist season officially due to begin on Friday, May 14.