All you need to know about Qatars Exceptional Red List and its quarantine conditions

Tribune News NetworkDohaQatar has updated its travel and return policy,  reclassifying the COVID-19 risk-based categories into just two — Green and Red, in addition to a secondary list of Exceptional Red Countries (ERC).Exceptional Red CountriesThis list now features nine countries — India, the Philippines, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Indonesia, Kenya and Sudan???.Travellers from these countries are further categorised into two group, who will face two different sets of quarantine conditions upon arrival in Qatar 

 

 

 

Group A: Citizens, GCC citizens and residents of QatarFully-VaccinatedTwo-day quarantine applies to fully-vaccinated travellers aged 12 and above as well as children aged up to 11 and accompanied by at least a family member who is fully vaccinated.Before travel, fully-vaccinated visitors are required to produce a negative result on a PCR test taken 72 hours prior to their arrival in Qatar. Upon arrival, they will be PCR-tested at the quarantine hotel. For those vaccinated outside Qatar with one of the vaccines approved by the Ministry of Public Health, a serology antibody test will be carried out at quarantine hotel. A positive Serology Antibody test pre-travel is mandatory for individuals with two doses of a conditionally approved vaccine, with the validity of the test being 30 days.??UnvaccinatedUnvaccinated or partially vaccinated travellers from ECR should undergo seven-day hotel quarantine. They, too, are required to produce a negative result on a PCR test taken 72 hours before arrival in Qatar. Upon arrival. ?A PCR test is required on the sixth day of quarantine and the individual will be released on the seventh day if the result of the COVID-19 test is negative.?

 

Group B: VisitorsFully-VaccinatedTwo-day quarantine applies to fully-vaccinated travellers aged 12 and above as well as children aged up to 11 and accompanied by at least a family member who is fully vaccinated.Before travel, fully-vaccinated visitors are required to produce a negative result on a PCR test taken 72 hours prior to their arrival in Qatar. Upon arrival, they will be PCR-tested at the quarantine hotel. For those vaccinated outside Qatar with one of the vaccines approved by the Ministry of Public Health, a serology antibody test will be carried out at quarantine hotel. UnvaccinatedEntry not allowed in Qatar for this category of travellers