The Peninsula Online Doha: The Ministry of Public Health reported today 894 confirmed new cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) and 2632 cases recovered during the last 24 hours, raising the total number of people recovered in Qatar to 86,597. In addition, the Ministry announced 3 new deaths, aged 57, 58 and 67 – all of whom […]
Year: 2020
Retail outlets in malls, restaurants, public parks reopen
People visiting Souq Waqif as tourist destinations, malls and select restaurants reopened, yesterday. Pic: Abdul Basit / The Peninsula By Sidi Mohamed | The Peninsula Doha: Having remained closed for about three months, the parks, retail outlets in malls, shops and restaurants reopened yesterday for shoppers and visitors, as the second phase of the gradual lifting […]
176 Indians fly to Kochi on free-of-cost chartered flight
PCCQ office bearers distributed kits containing N95 mask, sanitiser, snacks and juice to the passengers. A total of 176 Indians, including two infants, flew free-of-cost to Kochi, India, Wednesday on a chartered flight organised by a community organisation. The noble mission came as a big relief to those who had been undergoing distressing conditions and […]
Amir to meet Turkish President today
QNA Doha: Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will meet this evening with President of the Republic of Turkey H E Recep Tayyip Erdogan. H H the Amir and H E the Turkish President, who will arrive in Qatar today on a working visit, will discuss strategic relations between the two brotherly […]
Amir meets Ambassadors of Indonesia, India
Amir with the Indian Ambassador P Kumaran Doha: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani met at his Amiri Diwan Office on Wednesday morning with the Ambassador of Indonesia in Qatar HE Muhammad Basri Sidehabi and the Ambassador of India HE P Kumaran, who called on HH to greet him on the occasion of […]
EHTERAZ App: What to do when you get a question mark in the health status?
After the recent update of the EHTERAZ app (version 5.1 for iOS; version 8.0.3 for Android) this June 2020, many users have reported that instead of the normal color-coded QR code, a question mark was showing on the health status page of their app. This worried users since the EHTERAZ app is mandatory and part of the entry […]
Qatar reports 915 Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths and 2401 recoveries on July 1
Ministry of Public Health today announces 915 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (Covid-19), and 2,401 people recovered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of people recovered from the virus in Qatar to 83,965. Two new deaths were also recorded. The total number of positive COVID-19 cases recorded in Qatar till now stands […]
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs bids farewell to Indian Ambassador
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, H E Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi, met yesterday with the Ambassador of the Republic of India to the State of Qatar, H E P Kumaran, on the occasion of the end of his tenure in the country. During the meeting, H E the Minister of State for Foreign […]
Made in Qatar Festival launched at all Lulu Hypermarkets
Doha: The latest edition of ‘Qatari Products Our First Choice’ under the tagline ‘Made in Qatar Festival’ was inaugurated virtually on Sunday by Sheikh Dr Faleh bin Naser Al Thani, Undersecretary of the Agricultural Affairs and Fisheries under the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) in the presence of Sheikh Jassim bin Jabor Bin Hassan […]
Entry and exit points to and from the Industrial Area cancelled from tomorrow
Within the framework of the implementation of the second phase of the plan to gradually lift the restrictions imposed in the State of Qatar as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the Permanent Committee for Industrial Area Affairs decided to cancel entry and exit points to and from the Industrial Area starting tomorrow, Wednesday […]