21 countries in revised MoPH Covid red list

21 countries in revised MoPH Covid red list

* Red List expands, Green List shrinks in latest update

Egypt has been removed from the list of countries from where both vaccinated and unvaccinated travellers are required to do seven days' quarantine upon arrival in Qatar, according to updates to the country's travel and return policy available on the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) website.

While Egypt continues to be on the Exceptional Red List, it is now clubbed with the countries from where vaccinated travellers are required to undergo two days' quarantine.

The Green and Red lists have also been revised in the latest update, with the former reduced from 177 to 175 countries and the latter increased from 19 to 21 countries.

The two countries removed from the Green List and added to the Red List are Estonia and Mongolia. The other countries on the Red List are Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Syria.

The Exceptional Red List continues to have 16 countries - Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, South Sudan, Sudan, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Under the policy, fully vaccinated Qatar residents travelling from six