The Maldives has been removed from the United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s green list, starting Wednesday, August 18.

Maldives was added back to the list last June, after being removed from it earlier during the month of February. With this, those who travel to UAE are required to undergo a mandatory quarantine.

Those who have completed both doses of the vaccine are required to quarantine for 7 days while those who haven't are required to quarantine for 10 days.

Etihad Airways, the UAE's national carrier, said Armenia, Austria, Israel, Italy, and the USA will also be removed from the green list tomorrow.

Passengers travelling from green list countries don't need to quarantine upon arrival in Abu Dhabi.

Following the removal of six countries, the green list will shrink to 28 countries. It includes Albania, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Malta, Mauritius, Moldova, New Zealand, Poland, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan and Ukraine.