The laboratories are Suryam Lab in Jaipur, Microhealth Lab in the cities of Kerala, Dr. P Bhasin Pathlabs (Private) Limited and Noble Diagnostic Center in Delhi, the airline on Twitter.
On September 18, Air India Express flights were suspended for 24 hours through the DCAA for bringing two COVID-certified passengers on August 28 and September 4.
According to UAE rules, Indian passengers must bring an original negative COVID certificate of RT-PCR tests conducted within 96 hours of travel.
Air India Express tweeted, claiming that the Dubai regulator had it “reject RT-PCR verification reports from the following laboratories for passengers traveling to Dubai: Suryam Lab in Jaipur; Microhealth Lab in the cities of Kerala. Dr. P Bhasin Pathlabs (P) Ltd in Delhi; Noble Diagnostic Center in Delhi. “
Scheduled flights have been suspended in India since 23 March due to COVID-19.
However, special flights of foreign passengers have been operating in the country as a component of the Vande Bharat project since May and bilateral air bubble agreements with other countries since July.
The United Arab Emirates is one of 10 countries with which India has bilateral air bubble pacts. Under this pact, airlines in any of the countries can operate foreign passenger flights with certain restrictions.
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