Uganda is among the red list countries
By Correspondent
Uganda is one among many countries that have been marked as red list countries; such countries are increasingly recording new COVID-19 infections per 100,000 people.
However, Turkey has headlined the list of countries that could move to the amber list. It has recorded 42 infections per 100,000 people over the last seven days – well below a number of amber list countries – and cases have been falling since mid-April.
Around 20 per cent of the adult population is fully vaccinated. Qatar also has a chance of moving to the amber list, due to a seven-day case rate of 31 per 100,000 people. Like Turkey, infections have also been falling since mid-April.
Vaccination rates are also high, with more than half of the adult population double-jabbed. However, Qatar is not currently letting travellers from the UK in.
Red list countries
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- French Guiana
- Guyana
- Haiti
- India
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Lesotho
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Qatar
- Rwanda
- Seychelles
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Tanzania
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Uganda
COVID-19 alms in Uganda The United Arab Emirates is one of the most popular destinations on the red list, as it is home to Dubai.
Almost two-thirds of the country is fully vaccinated. However, it reported 128 new infections per 100,000 people over the last seven days, making a move to the amber list unlikely at present.
India’s case rate has been falling rapidly since its peak in May, and is now down at just 22 infections per 100,000 people.
But vaccination rates are very low – less than five per cent of the population has received both doses.
Pakistan is in a similar situation – its infection rate is just three per 100,000 people, but less than two per cent of the population is fully vaccinated.
And the Philippines is in the same boat. Less than 3 per cent of the population is double-jabbed, though its infection rate is 35 per 100,000 people. South Africa has a case rate of over 200, meaning a move to the amber list looks extremely unlikely.