09/07/2021
Qatar issues new travel policy; no quarantine for vaccinated people
Doha: Qatar has issued new travel policy where vaccinated people from all countries will be exempted from quarantine. Countries are classified into three categories – green, yellow and red. Vaccinated people coming from red list will have to do repeat RT PCR on arrival. The new travel policy will come into effect from July 12, 2021.
Passengers coming to the State of Qatar from all ports will also have to pre-register on the "Ehteraz" website (WWW.EHTERAZ.GOV.QA) and attach all the required documents before arriving in the State of Qatar for a period of no less than 12 hours.
No quarantine required for Qatari citizens and residents including GCC citizens who are currently QID holder if fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine or diagnosed and recovered from COVID-19 (within 9 months) in the State of Qatar, or in other member states of the GCC provided that the latter received at least 1 dose of any of the MOPH-Qatar recognized vaccine.
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List of MOPH-Qatar recognized Vaccines:
1. Comirnaty by Pfizer BioNTech (mRNA vaccine)
2. Spikevax by ModernaTX, Inc. (mRNA vaccine)
3. Vaxzevria, and Covishield by Oxford-Astrazeneca (Viral Vector vaccine)
4. Janssen/Johnson&Johnson by Janssen Pharmaceuticals Companies of Johnson & Johnson (Viral Vector vaccine)
Conditional Vaccines:
5. BBIBP-CorV/Sinopharm by Beijing Institute of Biological Products (Inactivated vaccine)
6. CoronaVac/Sinovac by Sinovac BioTech (Inactivated vaccine)
Travelers fully vaccinated with the above-specified conditional vaccines will be subject to an antibody test on arrival, if the result is positive with antibodies, exempted from quarantine; otherwise the traveler must undergo applicable quarantine based on country of departure.
Persons who have been partially vaccinated (one dose of two doses), vaccinated with full course but did not complete a period of (14) days since the 1 dose for J&J or 2nd dose for other MOPH recognized vaccines, who received vaccines not approved by MOPH-Qatar and diagnosed and recovered from COVID-19 within the last 9 months abroad (non-GCC states) will be classified into three (green, yellow and red) categories according to the country they are travelling from.
If coming from green list countries then adult including pregnant women, lactating mother and 75 years old and above will need home quarantine for 5 days.
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Countries in Green List
If coming from yellow list countries, then hotel quarantine for 7 days.
If coming from red list countries, the hotel quarantine for 10 days.
Children 0-11 years old will follow the same entry regime of their parents. If the latter are vaccinated, the children will be considered as vaccinated.
Unvaccinated Children 12-17 years old will be required to do quarantine as for the procedure assigned to the country of departure. In case of hotel quarantine, they will be accompanied by one parent, even if the latter is vaccinated.
If fully vaccinated then family, business and leisure visitors including GCC Citizens, who are non QID holder/nonresident, don’t require quarantine.
Non vaccinated visitors are not allowed entry to Qatar.
Children 0-11 years old will follow the same entry regime of their parents. If the latter are vaccinated, the children will be considered as vaccinated.
Unvaccinated Children 12-17 years old will be required to do quarantine as for the procedure assigned to the country of departure. In case of hotel quarantine, they will be accompanied by one parent, even if the latter is vaccinated.
Testing and Quarantine Policy On Arrival in Qatar:
Travelers with symptoms will be tested as necessary as judged by the medical team at the ports.
Travelers who are unvaccinated, inoculated with vaccines not recognized in the State of Qatar, or who fall short of the 14 days vaccine administration period since the second dose will undergo:
Coming from Green countries: 5 days home quarantine and a repeat RT-PCR test in PHCC on day 4, you will be discharged on day 5 if test is negative.
Coming from Yellow countries: 7 days hotel quarantine and a repeat RT-PCR test (on traveler’s expense) in the hotel on day 6, you will be discharged on day 7 if test is negative.
Coming from Red countries: 10 days hotel quarantine and a repeat PCR on arrival in the hotel, and on day 9 (on traveler’s expense), you will be discharged on day 10 if test is negative.
Vaccinated travelers coming from Red countries will undergo a repeat RT-PCR test (on traveler’s expense) on arrival in HIA/land border, if the test is positive, traveler must adhere to isolation protocol.
