The UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention has approved plans to use the Alhosn app to show a wider range of vaccination statuses and PCR test validity.
Authorities said the brand-new ‘green pass’ system will help ease restrictions imposed to address the pandemic.
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The app’s colour-coding system has been updated to define six categories of immunisation, including fully vaccinated, second dose recipients, first dose recipients waiting for a second dose appointment or late to their second dose appointment, those exempt from receiving the vaccine, and the non-vaccinated.
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The brackets break down like this:
Category 1: For those vaccinated who have received their second dose at least 28 days earlier or are volunteers in vaccine trials, a negative PCR test result will see the Alhosn status appear in green for 30 days, as well as show the active icon (letter E or gold star) for seven days.
Category 2: For people who have received their second dose less than 28 days earlier, a negative PCR test result will give green-light status for 14 days.
Category 3: For those who have received their first dose and are waiting for their second dose appointment, a negative PCR test result will see their Alhosn status change to green for seven days.
Category 4: People who have received their first dose and are late to their second dose appointment by 48 days or more, a negative PCR test result will see the app’s status appear in green for three days.
Category 5: For those with vaccine exemption certificates as per approved processes, a negative PCR test result will see the Alhosn status appear in green for seven days.
Category 6: And finally, for those who are unvaccinated and do not have exemption, a negative PCR test result will see the app’s status change to green for three days.
For all categories, Alhosn’s status will turn grey when the relevant PCR test validity ends. It will turn red when the test result is positive and government isolation procedures will need to be followed.
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