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Active COVID-19 cases continue to climb as new infections outstrip recoveries in Qatar
Dec 31, 2020
Doha
Qatar on Thursday recorded 213 new COVID-19 cases 166 from within the community and 47 among travellers returning from abroad.
The Ministry of Public Health also reported 122 recoveries. With this, the active cases in Qatar increased to 2,167 while the total recoveries jumped to 141,422.
No new deaths linked to the virus were recorded in the last 24 hours, leaving the death toll so far at 245.
Current COVID-19 Status
Measures to tackle COVID-19 in Qatar have succeeded in flattening the curve and limiting the spread of the virus and the number of new daily cases and hospital admissions is continuing to decline each week.
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Eligible community members can book appointment for COVID-19 vaccine soon
Dec 31, 2020 Doha
Community members eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine will be able to call to book an appointment or to do that online soon, according to a post on Qatar Media Corporation’s Twitter handle @covid19qatar.
“Vaccinations at health centres will only be given to people with pre-arranged appointments and all other community members who do not meet the criteria for the early phase of the campaign are kindly requested to wait until it is their turn,” the tweet said.
It said the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) is working with the pharmaceutical companies to ensure the next shipment of vaccines arrives in Qatar as early as possible in 2021.
IN PICS: First batch of Lekhwiya personnel receives COVID-19 vaccine
Dec 29, 2020
The first batch of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) received COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday.
Qatar started its biggest vaccination programme against the infection on December 23 and is currently immunising people in the priority group healthcare workers, the elderly and people with chronic diseases. It will soon make the vaccine available for the general population.
Several senior health officials, including Director of Public Health Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Al Thani, Co-chairperson of National Pandemic Preparedness Committee and Director of Health Protection and Communicable Diseases Dr Hamad Eid Al Romaihi, Head of Vaccination Dr Soha Al Bayat and Medical Director of HMC’s Communicable Disease Center Dr Muna Al Maslamani, have taken the vaccine to reassure the public that the vaccine is safe.