A Saudi man wearing a protective face mask performs the Al-Fajr prayer inside the Al-Rajhi Mosque, after the announcement of the easing of lockdown measures amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 31, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri By Aya Batrawy / AP Tens of thousands of mosques across Saudi Arabia reopened Sunday […]
Month: May 2020
Registration of multiple lease contracts in one certificate allowed
File photo by Kammutty VP © The Peninsula Sanaullah Ataullah | The Peninsula Individuals and institutions are now allowed to register multiple lease contracts in one certificate online, according to updated terms and conditions on real estate lease contract registration published by Qatar e-Government Portal – Hukoomi. A grace period of two months for registration […]
Qatar Petroleum announces petrol and diesel prices for June
The Peninsula Online Doha: Qatar Petroleum (QP) has announced today the prices for super and premium grade petrol and diesel for June. QP has retained the same prices from May. QP website showed that premium grade petrol will cost QR1.00 per litre in June and Super will be available for QR1.05 per litre same as […]
Two more deaths from Covid-19 in Qatar; 4451 recoveries and 1,648 new cases on May 31
The Peninsula Online Ministry of Public Health today announced 1,648 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 4,451 people having recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recovered people in Qatar to 30,290. The Ministry also announced two deaths due to the virus. The reason for the large increase […]
Discharging COVID-19 patients after 14 days safe: HMC official
Fazeena Saleem | The Peninsula The new protocol to discharge COVID-19 patients after two weeks even if they test positive for the virus is safe as the infectivity levels have been found to plunge to zero after 10 days, said a senior virologist at the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC). Qatar introduced the new protocol and […]
Expo body formally approves one-year delay to Expo 2020 Dubai
Reuters Dubai: The World Expo awarding body said on Friday its general assembly had approved a one-year postponement of Expo 2020 Dubai due to difficulties posed by the coronavirus pandemic, and the event would now start in October 2021. Earlier this month the Paris-based Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) said that the required consent of […]
More recoveries from Covid-19 than new cases for the first time in Qatar on May 28; three deaths reported
Jassim H. Al-naimi/via REUTERS The Peninsula Online Ministry of Public Health reported 1967 new confirmed cases of Corona virus (Covid-19), and 2116 new recoveries in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries in the State of Qatar to 15,399. The Ministry today also announced 3 deaths due to the virus Over the […]
Qatar Government sector to continue COVID-19 timings after Eid: Ministry
The Peninsula Online The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs has said that when government sector reopens after Eid Al Fitr holidays, they will adhere to the same working hours and percentage of employees as announced earlier as part of the Covid-19 precautionary measures. “We would like to remind everyone of the working […]
Qatar to follow new guidelines and discharge asymptomatic COVID-19 patients after 14 days
The Peninsula Doha: The majority of patients with COVID-19 in Qatar will now be discharged from healthcare facilities fourteen days after their first positive swab. To date, many patients have remained in hospital or isolation facilities for longer than fourteen days as their discharge required them to have two negative PCR test results before leaving […]
MoI: Adhering to social distancing key to controlling spread of COVID-19
File Photo by Abdul Basit © The Peninsula The Peninsula The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has stressed on the importance of adhering to social distancing in order to control the spread of the coronavirus. “Your commitment to social distancing will contribute to controlling the spread of coronavirus and enhances safety. Help limit the spread of […]