Covid-19: Dubai shuts travel agency for selling PCR test services on WhatsApp
Staff Report/Dubai
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Medical facilities licensed by the Ministry of Health & Prevention and Dubai Health Authority only allowed to offer PCR tests.
Dubai Economy on Thursday shut down a travel agency in the Business Bay area for selling Covid-19 PCR tests and promoting the service secretly through WhatsApp.
Only competent medical facilities licensed by the Ministry of Health & Prevention (Mohap) and Dubai Health Authority (DHA) are allowed to offer PCR testing services in Dubai.
Authorities investigated the travel agency after receiving a complaint from a consumer, expressing unhappiness at the quality of Covid-19 home inspection service provided.