Local companies and charity organisations have stepped up efforts in coordination with the authorities concerned for protecting workers from COVID-19 infection by providing them with preventive kits, personal hygiene materials and awareness pamphlets.

The Director of Labor Inspection Department at the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs, Fahad Al Dosari, participated in a drive yesterday launched by Qatar Charity to protect construction workers from coronavirus.

“We distributed personal hygiene materials, healthy safety kits and pamphlets to construction workers in their languages educating them how to prevent themselves and others from the infection of coronavirus,” said Al Dosari in a video footage posted on the Twitter account of Qatar Charity.

Under a campaign launched by Qatar Charity to support state efforts to curb COVID-19, a team of volunteers distributed preventive kits, brochures in a number of languages to the workers in construction sites within quick response initiative to curb the coronavirus, Qatar Charity tweeted yesterday.

The charity said that the campaign received overwhelming response from the community to support the state efforts to protect citizens and expatriates from the infection. The campaign is also receiving pretty good supports from the Ministry of Administrative Development Labor and Social Affairs, Ministry of Public Health and other agencies, said Qatar Charity.

The Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has disinfected its official facilities and other buildings following the precautionary and preventive measures to curb the spread of COVID-19.

The inspection operation was conducted to provide a healthy and safe work environment for its employees and customers Kahramaa is also conducting an awareness campaign through its social media.