Ministries to hold press conference tomorrow on Social Distance programme
02 Feb 2021 - 18:55
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Doha: A joint press conference by various ministries will be held tomorrow on Qatar Television.
Qatar Television tweeted that a joint press conference of Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), Ministry of Interior (MoI) and Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) will be held during the Social Distance programme telecast on Qatar Television tomorrow, Wednesday, February 3 at 9pm.
The officials are expected to discuss the latest developments regarding the Covid-19 situations.
Last Thursday senior MoPH officials addressed the public through the same programme and said the number of coronavirus cases are increasing in the last few days and the number of hospitalisations are also on the rise. The officials urged the public to follow all the precautions like wearing masks, maintaining social distancing, washi
Vaccination certificates might become the new norm for travel with countries making it a requirement for entry, the GCEO of
Speaking to BBC, Akbar Al Baker said, “I think that this will be the new norm that everybody will have to produce a vaccination certificate to board an aeroplane - and not only to board an aeroplane, a lot of countries would require that you be vaccinated before you come to their countries.”
“I think it will be a joint ICAO, IATA and WHO project, to introduce a safe pass for people whose vaccination certificates will be recognized internationally,” he added.
It was announced earlier that individuals who take this COVID-19 vaccine will require another dose 21 days after the first shot.
Said to be the largest vaccination drive in the country s history, Qatar launched the first phase of the COVID-19 drive on December 23, 2020.
79-year-old Qatari citizen and a former president of Qatar University, Dr Abdulla Al Kubaisi, was the first person in the country to get the COVID-19 vaccine. He received the second dose of the vaccine today, Gulf Times reported.
#Qatar has started administering the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from today. The country started the vaccination drive on December 23, 2020 and the second dose of the vaccine is given after three weeks. pic.twitter.com/pKDBMxEqae Gulf-Times (@GulfTimes QATAR) January 13, 2021
Qatar has left no stone unturned in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since the start of the pandemic, relevant authorities in the country have ensured the highest levels of monitoring, testing and management to protect the health of the population.
After the Ministry of Public Health’s (MoPH) dedicated efforts to secure a safe, effective and reliable COVID-19 vaccine, the country began its
No serious side effects of this vaccine have been reported in Qatar so far, a senior health official has confirmed.
Speaking to Qatar Television yesterday, Dr Yousuf Al Maslamani, medical director of Hamad General Hospital, said there is no reason for citizens and residents of Qatar to be concerned about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine based on the long-established record of quality services led by MoPH.