Four people allowed in a vehicle from tomorrow, exercise without masks; Qatar eases Covid-19 restrictions

Doha: The Prime Minister and Minister of Interior H E Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani chaired the Cabinet meeting today through video conferencing.

The cabinet has decided to allow four people inside a vehicle from Thursday, June 4 and families are exempted. The permitted working hours for private sector is also changed from 7am until 8pm.

Cabinet decided the following at the meeting:

First: Amendment of its decision issued regarding working hours for workers in the private sector, who are at their workplace to be between 7am until 8pm.

Second – Amendment of its decision regarding exercising and sports; it can be practiced without the requirement that they be close to their area of residence and also not required to wear masks. Exercise and sports have to be practiced avoiding gatherings and taking necessary precautions like leaving safe distance of not less than three meters.

Third – Amendment of its decision regarding number of people (two) allowed inside a vehicle. The amended decision is that no more than four people to be in a vehicle including the driver and families are exempted from this decision.

Fourth – The deciding to reduce the number of people transported by buses to half the capacity of the bus taking precautionary measures will continue.

Fifth – This decision will be enforced from Thursday June 4, 2020 until further notice.