Originally Posted by
firstlight
Looking at al arabiya in English, it's appears it's only UAE residents that need to take a test before leaving Dubai...
SOme time ago, EK transported 30 pax who tested positive upon arriving in Hong Kong (16 on a previous flight). They got heavily fined and tUAE image got damaged. Then UAE adopted more stringent measures for pax departing DXB (the causal link is mine and a pure guess)
I don't know, but it would be surprising if tests are only required for UAE residents.