Arrivals from the United Kingdom (UK), Denmark, Netherlands and South Africa can now book any of the quarantine hotels in Qatar, according to an announcement on the Discover Qatar website.

Earlier in December, Discover Qatar had highlighted that arrivals from the UK, South Africa, Netherlands and Denmark would be required to stay at dedicated quarantine hotels.

However, according to the new notice on Discover Qatar, this is no longer effective.

With a recent spike in the number of active COVID-19 cases, Qatar's Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) amended quarantine requirements for travelers arriving in Qatar from countries not on the green list.

"Building on the previously announced return from travel policy to the State of Qatar, it is decided that any previous exemptions from hotel quarantine shall no longer apply for people returning back to Qatar from countries, not on the green list," the Ministry had said.

The decision, which went into effect on February 14, 2021,  also includes those who were previously excluded from the hotel quarantine before their travel and visitors coming to Qatar.

The Ministry had affirmed that the current travel and return policy and the quarantine policy for countries included in the green list will continue.

MoPH had said it will review the decision regularly and take necessary measures in line with the public health indicators in Qatar and the rest of the world.

Hotel quarantine packages for arrivals from countries not on the green list were also recently extended until May 31, 2021.

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