DOHA: Qatar has revised the list of low-risk countries as part of measures to control travel to the country during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The list has been updated based on public health indicators in Qatar and around the world, the Government Communications Office has said. The changes will come into effect on Saturday, August 15.
The low-risk countries in the updated list are: Brunei, Thailand, China, New Zealand, Vietnam, Malaysia, South Korea, Cuba, Hungary, Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Norway, Italy, Lithuania, Greece, Slovakia, Ireland, Germany, Slovenia, Japan, Denmark, Cyprus, UK, Canada, Turkey, Poland, Austria, Algeria, Netherlands, Iceland, France, Croatia, Switzerland, Morocco, Australia, Malta, Portugal, Czech Republic and Sweden.
For travellers to be considered for the low-risk country exemption, they are required to stay in the low-risk country for a minimum of one week. In the event that a traveller stays for less than a week in the low-risk country, they must follow the policies applied to arrivals coming from countries outside the low-risk category, the Government Communications Office has said.
Those who are coming from low-risk countries are required to quarantine at home for a week. After seven days, the travellers will be required to undergo a second test and their quarantine period will end if results come back negative. If the traveller tests positive, he or she will be transferred to a government facility for isolation.
The government had earlier announced that the low-risk countries will be reviewed every two weeks.