Qatar has added Oman to its COVID-19 green list of countries, the Ministry of Public Health has announced.
From Friday December 18, there will be only 17 countries on the list, including Thailand, Japan, New Zealand, Mexico and Ireland.
Destinations including the Maldives, Turkey, Canada and Greece were removed in the latest update.
Arrivals coming from these destinations will have to self-isolate at home for a week instead of quarantining for a week at a hotel.
The full list of green list countries is as follows:
Oman
Brunei Darussalam
Thailand
China
Vietnam
Malaysia
South Korea
Singapore
Japan
Myanmar
Australia
New Zealand
Mexico
Cuba
Mauritius
Iceland
Ireland
The news comes after it was announced that residents currently in Qatar would be automatically granted an exceptional entry permit, and you can find out how to download the permit here.
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The Arab states of the Persian Gulf are the seven Arab states which border the Persian Gulf, namely Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).This excludes the non-Arab state of Iran. All of these nations except Iraq are part of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
