Qatar announces new travel policy under Covid-19 restrictions, India in exceptional red list

Doha: The government of Qatar a day earlier on Sunday announced an updated COVID-19 ‘travel and return policy’ that added India and 8 other countries to the exceptional red list countries. The updated travel and return policy will come into effect from October 6, 2021, Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.

India

Pakistan

Nepal

Bangladesh

Sri Lanka

Philippines

Indonesia

Kenya

Sudan

The travel to Qatar, Indian travellers (visa holders of all kinds) will have to be fully vaccinated (vaccine approved by Qatar’s ministry of public health).

Those aged 12 years and above who are fully vaccinated and children aged 11 years and below (non-vaccinated) accompanied by one or both of their parents/family members who are fully vaccinated will have to stay in



hotel quarantine for two days.

They will have to undergo a PCR test with a negative result 72 hours before arrival in Qatar as well as have a PCR test at the quarantine hotel after arrival and Serology Antibody test at the quarantine hotel for vaccinated persons outside Qatar with one of the vaccines approved by the ministry of public health.

Visitors (family visit, tourists, business) who are not vaccinated not allowed entry to Qatar.

Pfizer / BioNTech

Sinopharm vaccine

Moderna (SpikeVax)

AstraZeneca (Covishield / Oxford / Vaxzevria )

Sputnik V

Jansen / Johnson & Johnson