Doha: According to the update by Ministry of Public Health on country classification related to COVID-19 has added many new countries to the red list and removed some from the green and yellow list.
The Ministry updated the country classification with the new travel and return policy on Friday. It has classified countries in green, yellow, and red lists according to the level of risk in each country.
At present 21 countries are in the green list, 34 in yellow and 152 in red list. The red list has been increased by 58 countries as there were 94 countries previously. The green list has reduced by nine countries and number of countries in the yellow list is reduced by 34.
Six Asian countries India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Philippines are not included under red, yellow, green classification.
As per the new travel and return policy from August 2, travellers coming from one of these six countries and have been vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19 in Qatar, are subject to a hotel quarantine for two days, and the quarantine period will end after obtaining a negative PCR test result on the second day.
All other travellers coming from these countries are subject to hotel quarantine for 10 days.
Also according to the Ministry screening will be carried out for passengers who show symptoms of infection as necessary, depending on the opinion of the medical team at the airport or entry points to the country.
Vaccinated Qataris, residents and GCC nationals coming from red-rated countries will undergo a PCR test (at the passenger’s expense) upon arrival at Hamad International Airport or Land Port, if the test result is positive, the passenger must comply with the isolation protocol.
But unvaccinated residents, those with vaccines not approved in Qatar, or who have not completed a period of 14 days from the date of the second dose, and arriving from green-rated countries will undergo five days home quarantine and a repeat PCR test in on day four, they will be discharged on day five if the test is negative.
For those arriving from yellow-rated countries will undergo seven days hotel quarantine and a repeat PCR test (on traveller’s expense) in the hotel on day six and will be discharged on day seven if test is negative.
And unvaccinated residents coming from red-rated countries will undergo a hotel quarantine for 10 with a PCR test on arrival at the hotel and on the ninth day. They shall be cleared on the 10th day if the test is negative.
Qatar has controlled the impact of COVID-19 by implementing restrictions and increasing vaccination. It has resulted in a consistent reduction in the number of new daily infections in the country.
The Ministry reported 92 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 among community and 70 among travellers, yesterday. Some 141 people have recovered from the virus during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases recovered in Qatar to 223732.
Yet, only one patient was admitted in intensive care in the last 24 hours and 24 people continue to receive medical attention in ICU.
There were 6 cases of hospital admissions in the last 24 hours taking the total number of patients in the hospital to 74.
Some 4,908 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered during the past 24 hours.
The total number of vaccine doses administered since the start of the vaccination campaign is 3,780,468.