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Qatar updates green, yellow and red travel list; number of red list countries increased

Published: 23 Aug 2021 - 09:21 pm | Last Updated: 28 Dec 2021 - 11:40 am
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Doha: Ministry of Public Health published an updated lists of countries based on categorisation of Covid-19 risk. 

The update effective August 23, 2021 sees a decrease of green list countries from 21 to 11, while the yellow list is now 27 as compared with the 33 in previous list.

The countries listed among the red list has been increased by 14 to 167 now. There were 153 countries in the previous list. 

The Ministry has classified countries in green, yellow, and red lists according to the level of risk in each country.

Six Asian countries India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Philippines continue to be not included under red, yellow, green classification.