The Qatari 2022 World Cup organisers have insisted that matches will be staged in stadiums operating at 100 percent of capacity even as the global fight against coronavirus drags on. In Tokyo, organisers of this year's rescheduled Olympics have insisted their tournament will go ahead, but infectious diseases experts question the safety of hosting it before the virus is comprehensively defeated and speculation is rife that they could be called.
OBG report puts spotlight on AlJaber s big-ticket Qatar projects
DOHA, January 18, 2021 Oxford Business Group and AlJaber Engineering have teamed up for a new Covid-19 response report that puts spotlight on the projects expected to boost construction activity in Qatar as the pandemic eases, led by the major expansion works planned for the North Field. With the 2022 Fifa World Cup drawing nearer, OBG tracks progress on the infrastructure and hospitality projects that will be needed to meet the needs of the large influx of visitors expected for the major sporting event. The challenges that Qatar’s construction sector has faced due to pandemic-related supply disruptions and social-distancing measures are also explored in the report.
07 Jan 2021 - 18:32
The Peninsula
Doha: The Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ announces that The E-Ring Road lanes between Najma and Airport Intersections will be reduced from three lanes to two lanes from Sunday, January 10, 2021 upto Thursday, January 28, 2021, in coordination with the General Directorate of Traffic.
The temporary change on road aims to allow construction works of surface and groundwater network at Al Thumama.
The Public Works Authority will install directional signs to alert road users of this traffic change.
The Authority urged all commuters to abide by the speed limit and follow the road signs to preserve their safety.
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02 Jan 2021 - 8:56
H E Dr. Youssef Hussein Kamal receiving the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday.
By Fazeena Saleem | The Peninsula
Doha: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has said that measures have been taken to receive the next shipment of COVID-19 vaccine in the country soon.
The Ministry has said that people eligible to receive the vaccination will be contacted directly and has also requested other members of the community to wait until their turn.
“MoPH is working with the pharmaceutical companies to ensure the next shipment of vaccines arrives in Qatar as early as possible in 2021 and everyone who needs to be vaccinated will be able to do so throughout the year,” the Ministry has said in its social media accounts. In mid-October, MoPH announced that it had signed an agreement with pharmaceutical companies Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech to procure COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it is approved.