Vaccinated COVID close contacts need to isolate in Abu Dhabi

Home quarantine guidelines have been updated in Abu Dhabi for those in contact with a COVID-19 positive case.

The Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee, in collaboration with Department of Health – Abu Dhabi and the Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre, amended the guidelines.

Effective from Sunday, August 15, those vaccinated must quarantine for 7 days and take a PCR test on day 6. If the PCR test result is negative, they can remove the wristband and end quarantine on day 7.

Those who are not vaccinated must quarantine for 10 days and take a PCR test on day 9. If the PCR test result is negative, they can remove the wristband and end quarantine on day 10.

Those registered in the home quarantine programme can conduct a free walk-in PCR test and remove the wristband at SEHA Prime Assessment Centers at Zayed Port (Abu Dhabi City), Al Ain Convention Center, and Madinat Zayed in Al Dhafra, as well as all SEHA hospitals in Al Dhafra.

The measures are in line with existing guidelines aimed at protecting the health and safety of everyone in the emirate.

Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee, in collaboration with @DoHSocial and @adphc_ae, has updated the home quarantine guidelines for those in contact with a positive case, to protect the health and safety of all community members. pic.twitter.com/r8kTrDLkRq

— مكتب أبوظبي الإعلامي (@admediaoffice) August 14, 2021