Increase in Covid-19 Red list countries as MoPH updates lists

* Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines and Sri Lanka remain in 'Special Risk 6-Country Zone'

* Number of Green list countries decrease as Yellow list sees increase

 

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has updated the Green, Yellow and Red list of countries, based on the categorisation of Covid-19 risk, even as six nations - Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines and Sri Lanka - remain in the 'Special Risk 6-Country Zone'.

The updates came into effect on Monday, the MoPH said in a tweet.

The updates show that the number of countries on the Green list has dropped from 21 to 11, a decrease of 10 compared to the previous list, while the Red list now has 167 countries compared to 153 earlier, an increase of 14.

The Yellow list now has 27 countries compared to the 33 on the previous list.

The full lists and other details of Qatar's travel and return policy can be found at https://covid19.moph.gov.qa/EN/travel-and-return-policy/Pages/default.aspx

The Green list countries are Australia, Canada, Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, New Zealand, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

The Yellow list countries are Algeria, Austria, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Brunei Darussalam, China, Chile, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Finland, Hong Kong, Italy, Luxembourg, Kuwait, Mozambique, Macau, Norway, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Slovenia, Singapore, South Korea, Uganda and the UAE.

The Red list countries are Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Barbados BRB North America

11 Bahamas BHS North America

12 Belarus BLR Europe

13 Belgium BEL Europe

14 Belize BLZ North America

15 Benin BEN Africa

16 Bermuda BMU North America

17 Bhutan BTN Asia

18 Bolivia BOL South America

19 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba BES South America

20 Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Europe

21 Botswana BWA Africa

22 Brazil BRA South America

23 British Virgin Islands VGB North America

COVID-19 RED LIST COUNTRIES

S No Country / Territory Country Code Continent

24 Burkina Faso BFA Africa

25 Burundi BDI Africa

26 Cambodia KHM Asia

27 Cameroon CMR Africa

28 Cape Verde CPV Africa

29 Cayman Islands CYM North America

30 Central African Republic CAF Africa

31 Chad TCD Africa

32 Colombia COL South America

33 Comoros COM Africa

34 Congo COG Africa

35 Costa Rica CRI North America

36 Cook Islands COK Oceania

37 Cuba CUB North America

38 Curacao CUW South America

39 Cyprus CYP Europe

40 Denmark DNK Europe

41 Djibouti DJI Africa

S No Country / Territory Country Code Continent

42 Dominica DMA North America

43 Dominican Republic DOM North America

44 Equatorial Guinea GNQ Africa

45 El Salvador SLV North America

COVID-19 RED LIST COUNTRIES

S No Country / Territory Country Code Continent

46 Eritrea ERI Africa

47 Eswatini SWZ Africa

48 Estonia EST Europe

49 Egypt EGY Africa

50 Fiji FJI Oceania

51 France FRA Europe

52 French Polynesia PYF Oceania

53 Gabon GAB Africa

54 Gambia GMB Africa

55 Georgia GEO Eurasia

56 Ghana GHA Africa

57 Grenada GRD North America

58 Greece GRC Europe

59 Greenland GRL North America

60 Gibraltar GIB Europe

61 Guatemala GTM North America

62 Guernsey GGY Europe

63 Guinea GIN Africa

64 Guinea-Bissau GNB Africa

65 Guyana GUY South America

66 Haiti HTI North America

67 Honduras HND North America

68 Iceland


Besides these three lists, six nations - Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines and Sri Lanka - are in the 'Special Risk 6-Country Zone', according to information available on the MoPH website.

The rules for travellers coming from these countries are as follows: those vaccinated/recovering from Covid-19 in Qatar are subject to two-day hotel quarantine and are allowed to leave the hotel on the second day if the result of the PCR test is negative. The rest of the people are subject to hotel quarantine for a period of 10 days.

 

 

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