Effective 10th July, if you are flying with Emirates from the countries or airports specified below, you must carry a negative PCR certificate issued by a local government approved laboratory to be accepted on the flight.
If the UAE government has specified a designated laboratory in your country of origin, you must get your test certificate from that lab. However, these certificates must be issued no more than 96 hours before departure:
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Egypt
- India
- Iran
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Russian Federation
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- USA – Dallas Fort Worth (DFW), Houston (IAH), Los Angeles (LAX), San Francisco (SFO), Fort Lauderdale (FLL) and Orlando (MCO), including passengers originating from California, Florida and Texas connecting to an Emirates flight from any of our airports worldwide to Dubai.
Approved laboratories within the network of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
NAME OF LABORATORY
STATE
1. Federal Medical Centre, Yola
Adamawa
2. Akwa Ibom State Molecular Laboratory
Akwa Ibom
3. Accunalysis Medical Diagnostics
Anambra
4. Bauchi Molecular Laboratory
Bauchi
5. University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital
Borno
6. Delta Mobile Laboratory
Delta
7. Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital
Ebonyi
8. Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital
Edo
9. University of Benin Teaching Hospital
Edo
10. 54gene
Ekiti
11. NCDC National Reference Laboratory
Federal Capital Territory
12. Defence Reference Laboratory
Federal Capital Territory
13. 54gene
Federal Capital Territory
14. NIA Laboratory
Federal Capital Territory
15. Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe
Gombe
16. Everight Diagnostics
Imo
17. Jigawa Molecular Laboratory
Jigawa
18. Ahmadu Bello University
Kaduna
19. GeneXpert Mobile Laboratory, Kaduna
Kaduna
20. NDA Laboratory
Kaduna
21. 54gene
Kano
22. Bayero University Kano
Kano
23. Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital
Kano
24. International Foundation Against Infectious Diseases in Nigeria (IFAIN)
Kano
25. e-Health Laboratory
Kano
26. Sahel Laboratory
Katsina
27. Lagos University Teaching Hospital
Lagos
28. Nigeria Institute for Medical Research
Lagos
29. Lagos State Biobank Laboratory
Lagos
30. 54gene
Lagos
31. NCDC Central Public Health Laboratory
Lagos
32. 54gene
Ogun
33. Afriglobal Medicare
Ogun
34. Federal Medical Centre, Owo
Ondo
35. African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases
Osun
36. University College Hospital Virology Department Laboratory
Oyo
37. Biorepository and Clinical Virology Laboratory, UCH
Oyo
38. National Veterinary Research Institute
Plateau
39. Rivers State University Teaching Hospital
Rivers
40. University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital
Rivers
41. Centre for Advanced Medical Research and Teaching
Sokoto
Sources: www.emirates.com, www.ncdc.gov.ng
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