Covaxin now added to Qatar's conditionally approved Covid-19 vaccines

Covaxin Vaccination

The Ministry of Public Health in Qatar has added Covaxin to the list of Conditionally Approved Covid-19 Vaccines within its Travel and Return Policy. 

The approval of this vaccine, developed by Bharat Biotech, comes into immediate effect. 

Ministry of Public Health adds Covaxin (developed by Bharat Biotech) to the list of Conditionally Approved COVID-19 Vaccines within its COVID-19 Travel and Return Policy. The approval comes into immediate effect. pic.twitter.com/pZwEJvaIwC

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Two doses of Sinopharm, Sinovac, Sputnik V and Covaxin are the conditionally approved vaccines that MoPH has included.   

As per the Ministry update, Serology Antibody test with a positive result is mandatory before travelling to Qatar for people with 2 doses of a conditionally approved vaccines and 14 days after the second dose, in which case only the traveler will be considered fully immune.

If the passenger is unable to take the test in the country of departure, the passenger must undergo hotel quarantine for 7 days.

Source: MoPH