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Qatar updates Green and Red country list based on Covid-19 risk

Published: 05 Jan 2022 - 10:45 am | Last Updated: 05 Jan 2022 - 11:04 am
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Doha: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has announced an update on its list of countries based on level of Covid-19 risk. The Ministry said that updates were made on the Green and Red List of countries. 

In a statement on Twitter, the Ministry stated that the new changes will be effective from Saturday, January 8, 2022, at 7pm. 

The currently updated Green List has 143 countries. 

On the other hand, 10 countries have been added in the Red List, totaling to 57 countries. The countries added to the list are Austria, Estonia, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turkey. 

No changes have been made in the Exceptional Red List Countries and remained to have nine countries.