A wheelchair-bound woman waits with other Kuwaiti nationals for a repatriation flight at Najaf International Airport on May 5, 2020, after being quarantined at a hotel in Iraq’s central holy shrine city of Najaf. / AFP / Haidar HAMDANI By Ahmed Hagagy | Reuter Kuwait: Kuwait will enact a “total curfew” from 4pm (1300 GMT) […]
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Ministry to continue COVID-19 Community Survey; encourages to respond if invited
The Peninsula The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) will continue the community survey based on COVID-19, which aims to better understand the transmission of the virus and thus adapt the response of stakeholders, said in a statement yesterday. The Ministry recently launched a community survey to learn more about how the virus is transmitted within […]
Government stimulus will help Qatar private sector to beat virus challenges
Qatar Skyline. Pic: Abdul Basit / The Peninsula By Sachin Kumar and Sanaullah Ataullah | The Peninsula Doha: Businessmen and entrepreneurs in Qatar have praised the stimulus package announced by the government. They said the financial support will help the private sector of Qatar to come out victorious from this difficult situation created by COVID-19 […]
216 recoveries and 918 new Covid-19 cases reported in Qatar on May 7
The Peninsula The Ministry of Public Health today announced the registration of 918 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, as well as 216 new recovered cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recovered cases in the State of Qatar to 2,286. The total number of positive COVID-19 cases recorded in Qatar till […]
MOPH closes five private health facilities for violating decision to suspend non-emergency services
QNA Doha: The Ministry of Public Health closed five private medical centres and referred them to Health Prosecution for violating the decision to suspend some non-emergency health services in private health facilities, as part of precautionary measures to combat the Covid-19 epidemic and to ensure the safety of patients and medical workers. The Ministry detected […]
PHCC launches remote medical certification service
QNA Doha: The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) has launched a set of remote health care services by relying on digital solutions, including the issuance of medical certificates online. This new service allows patients to request a medical certificate online, as the certificate is issued through the PHCC website, the patient can then download the […]
As virus deaths grow, two nations keep fatality below 0.1%
SUV fitted with loudspeaker spreading awareness messages in different languages against Covid-19 on Doha streets. Pic: Rizwan Rehmat / The Peninsula By Kevin Varley / Bloomberg As the global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic exceeds 250,000, two tiny nations stand out with the lowest fatality rates among countries who are experiencing major outbreaks. In […]
951 new Covid-19 cases and 114 recoveries in Qatar on May 5
Photo by Salim Matramkot © The Peninsula The Peninsula Online Ministry of Public Health today announced the registration of 951 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 as well as 114 new recovered cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recovered cases in the State of Qatar to 1,924 The Ministry explained that […]
India schedules two special flights from Qatar as part of plan to return stranded nationals
The Peninsula Online Doha: Indian Civil Aviation Ministry has released a flight plan to facilitate the return of its nationals stranded abroad. According to the plan released, 64 flights will be operated aiming to bring around 15,000 Indians from May 7 to May 14 from 12 countries. There will be two flights departing from Doha […]
Indian Embassy in Qatar to contact shortlisted people for repatriation; around 40,000 registered till now
The Peninsula Online Doha: Indian Embassy in Qatar informed its nationals in the country that the Government of India has decided to operate two special flights from Doha to India. As per current information, the first one will be from Doha to Kochi on May 7, 2020 and the second from Doha to Thiruvananthapuram on […]