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03 Feb 2021 - 21:44
The Peninsula Online
Doha: Police patrols on roads and neighbourhoods will be increased to catch those violating precautionary measures, said Brigadier Abdullah Khalifa Al Muftah, Director of the Public Relations Department at the Ministry of Interior (MoI).
Dr Muftah announced this in a joint press conference along with Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, Chair of the National Health Strategic Group on COVID-19 and Head of Infectious Diseases at Hamad Medical Corporation and MoCI telecast on Qatar Television.
“The total number of violators of the precautionary measures reached 14513, including nearly 10,000 violators in the past three months alone,” added Brigadier Al Muftah.
Ministry of Commerce encourages shops to shift to e-commerce platforms
03 Feb 2021 - 21:59
The Peninsula Online
Doha: Ministry of Commerce and Industry encouraged shops and business to increase e-commerce services as much as possible and support companies in completing this vital trend.
This was stated by Saleh bin Majid Al-Khulaifi, Acting Undersecretary for Trade Affairs in a joint press conference along with Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, Chair of the National Health Strategic Group on COVID-19 and Head of Infectious Diseases at Hamad Medical Corporation and MoI and Brigadier
Abdullah Khalifa Al Muftah, Director of the Public Relations Department at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) telecast on Qatar Television.
Qatar has announced new restrictions amid a surge in coronavirus cases that authorities said could lead to a second wave of infections.
The 32-point plan, made public on Wednesday, includes provisions to limit at 80 percent the number of staff present at their workplace.
Among other things, it also reimposes a ban on indoor weddings, with some exceptions.
The announcement came as Qatar announced a large increase in the number of hospitalisation cases in January compared with the previous month.
“We have seen an 85 percent increase in January compared to December in the number of COVID-19 patients being admitted to hospital,” Dr Abdullatif al-Khal, chair of the National Health Strategic Group on COVID-19 and head of Infectious Diseases at Hamad Medical Corporation, said.
It is possible new Covid strain has reached Qatar, warns Dr Al Khal
03 Feb 2021 - 21:32
The Peninsula Online
Doha: Coronavirus is constantly mutating during its transmission from one person to another and it has likely reached us in Qatar, warned Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, Chair of the National Health Strategic Group on COVID-19 and Head of Infectious Diseases at Hamad Medical Corporation.
Dr Al Khal announced this in a joint press conference by the senior officials from MoPH, MoI and MoCI telecast on Qatar Television.
He stated that coronavirus is constantly mutating during its transmission from one person to another, which leads to new strains, as two new strains were detected in UK and South Africa and it has certainly reached the Gulf countries and it is very likely that it reached us in Qatar.