Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has announced guidelines for medication delivery through Qatar Post, yesterday. Patients can order their medication by calling 16000, select language, press 3 for HMC and then 2 for medication delivery, HMC said on its social media accounts. While calling, patients are supposed to provide their valid health card number and home […]
Month: April 2020
59 people recover today; 252 new Covid-19 cases reported in Qatar
Doha: Ministry of Public Health announces the registration of 252 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) today (April 13), and the recovery of 59 cases of the disease, bringing the total recovery cases in the State of Qatar to 334 cases. The new cases are due to people having been in contact with positive cases […]
Pharmacies to sell 20 masks per ID from Monday: Ministry
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry said that the second phase of mask distribution through pharmacies will begin from today. Residents can buy masks from select pharmacies by showing their Qatar IDs. An individual can get maximum 20 masks for QR40. “Citizens who did not extract their ration card can obtain the specified share using […]
Scattered rain in various parts of Qatar; temperatures to drop in coming days
Abdul Basit © The Peninsula The Peninsula Online A partly cloudy sky with scattered rain was noticed in northern areas, tweeted Qatar Meteorology Department today. The rainy weather during coming days is expected to be accompanied with a significant drop in temperatures compared with the previous days, the department wrote on its social media. In […]
Qatar reports one more Covid-19 death; 251 new cases
The Peninsula Online Ministry of Public Health today announced the registration of 251 new cases of COVID-19 and the recovery of 28 people with the virus, bringing the total number of people to have recovered to date to 275. The Ministry also regretfully announced one new death due to COVID-19, with this the total death toll […]
Ministry closes Jarir for 15 days for violation
Ministry of Commerce and Industry building The Peninsula Online The Ministry of Commerce and Industry closed the Jarir Bookstore on Al-Rayyan Al-Jadeed Street for a period of 15 days. The ministry tweeted this on its official account. This is due to the violation of the timing of the shops that were announced by the Ministry […]
Ministry disinfects residential areas in municipalities
The workers of municipalities disinfect an area as part of a major campaign to ensure safety in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Peninsula Doha: The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) carried out ‘Al Furjan’ campaign, last week during which residential areas and neighbourhoods were disinfected in Al Daayen and Umm Salal municipalities as part […]
Coronavirus vaccine could be ready in six months: Times
REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Olivia Konotey-Ahulu | Bloomberg A Vaccine against the coronavirus could be ready by September, according to a scientist leading one of Britain’s most advanced teams. Sarah Gilbert, professor of vaccinology at Oxford University, told The Times on Saturday that she is “80% confident” the Vaccine would work, and could be ready by September. Experts […]
With 20 recoveries, MOPH reports 216 new Covid-19 cases in Qatar
The Peninsula Online Doha: Qatar reported 216 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Saturday (April 11) taking the total number of cases reported so far to 2728 and there are 2475 active cases under treatment. Ministry Of Public Health said that 20 persons recovered from the coronavirus infection taking the number of recovered people to 247. The total […]
Prime Minister visits number of medical factories
QNA Doha: HE Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani on Thursday visited a number of factories of medical products and supplies in the small and medium industries zone in the industrial Area, to see the progress of the production in the country with regard to the medical industries […]