Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) today announced updates to the country’s COVID-19 Travel and Return Policy.

According to the Ministry, the below-mentioned changes will take effect from Wednesday, October 6, 2021, at 2 pm (arrival time in Qatar).

The main changes to the policy include:

-Replacing the current classification of countries with two lists, Green and Red, in addition to a secondary list of Exceptional Red Countries based on international and local health risk indicators and the epidemiology of COVID-19 in the different countries.

-Travelers are required to sign an Undertaking and Acknowledgment Form before arrival to Qatar. The form is available on the MoPH website, online registration platform (Ehteraz website) and via airlines’ ticketing process. Fully vaccinated citizens and residents traveling from Green List countries are exempt from this procedure.

-Pre-travel PCR test is no longer mandatory for fully vaccinated Qatari citizens and residents who are traveling from Green List countries; instead, they will be required to do the PCR test within 36 hours of arrival.

-The conditionally approved vaccine list has been updated to include Sinovac and Sputnik (V) COVID-19 vaccines.

-Visitors are now able to activate the Ehteraz mobile application using an international SIM card.

- Non-residents of Qatar must register via the online registration platform at least 3 days before arrival.

For more information and details, click here.  To know about countries in each list, see below.

Green List Countries  I  Red List Countries  I  Exceptional Red List Countries

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Source: MoPH