File picture of a mosque used for representation. Abdul Basit / The Peninsula The Peninsula Online Doha: The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs will reopen 305 additional mosques under second phase of gradual lifting of COVID-19 restrictions from Fajr prayer of July 1, 2020. “Following the procedures of second phase for reopening mosques starting […]
Year: 2020
Three more succumb to Covid-19 in Qatar; 693 cases reported on June 29
Photo by Abdul Basit © The Peninsula The Peninsula Online Ministry of Public Health today recorded 693 confirmed new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), with 1468 people having recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of people recovered from the disease in Qatar to 80,170 cases. The Ministry also announced […]
IndiGo to operate 238 repatriation flights from Qatar: Indian ministry
The Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) Sunday said IndiGo will operate 238 flights from Qatar in Phase 4 of the Vande Bharat Mission (VBM). In a series of tweets Sunday, the ministry said VBM enters Phase 4 on July 3. “Private airlines have volunteered for significant participation in this phase with 498 flights to […]
Katara to open some beaches for visitors from July 1
File photo of the Katara Beach used for representation. The Peninsula Online Doha: Katara is planning to open some beaches for visitors from July 1 when the second phase of gradual lifting of Covid-19 restrictions kicks in. Katara CEO Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti said in a tweet that Katars beaches No: 3, 4 […]
Municipalities take action against violations
A general view of a field operation by the General Cleaning Department to collect and remove waste from Al Arish beach. The Peninsula Al Shahaniya Municipality caught five shops and three people in Al Shahaniya area violating public hygiene law. The violators were throwing gloves and masks in front of supermarkets and in public places. […]
Gatherings reduced to 5 people; parks, beaches and Corniche to be reopened for all in phase 2
The Peninsula Online Doha: The Supreme Committee for Crisis Management has decided to reduce the number of people allowed in public and private gatherings to five from ten as lot of cases are reported from Qataris and white-collar expats due to uncontrolled contact with no precautionary measures. Based on the available public health data and […]
Retail Mart Hypermarket & New Indian Supermarket importing fruits, vegetables from India 6 days a week
Retail Mart Hypermarket and New Indian Supermarket, one of the oldest food stores in Qatar and which has been serving the people for the last 48 years, is importing fresh fruits and vegetables six days a week by air to increase the availability of agricultural produce in the local market. The Retail Mart management said […]
Global coronavirus cases top 10 million
ANKARA: Global coronavirus cases have exceeded 10 million on Sunday, according to a running tally by US-based Johns Hopkins University. The worldwide tally of virus-linked deaths has reached 499,124, while the number of recoveries tops five million. The US remains the worst-hit country with over 2.5 million infections, while its death toll exceeds 125,500. Brazil, which […]
Covid-19 cases drop to 750 in Qatar on June 28
The Ministry of Public Health recorded 750 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 1,477 people having recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of people to have recovered from the disease in Qatar to 78,702. The total number of positive COVID-19 cases recorded in Qatar till now stands at […]
Google will now auto-delete more user data after 18 months
AFP / DENIS CHARLET Gerrit De Vynck | Bloomberg Alphabet Inc.’s Google tweaked its privacy policies to set data to automatically delete after 18 months for new accounts and will notify its billions of existing users that they can delete their data too. The change builds on a policy the company made last year to let […]