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QNA/Doha The Qatar cabinet Wednesday decided to make wearing masks compulsory for all at offices and shops from Sunday, April 26. The cabinet also fixed the working hours for government and private sector offices during the holy month of Ramadan. HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani chaired the regular weekly cabinet meeting...

QNA/Doha His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani issued Wednesday an Amiri gesture pardoning a number of prisoners in consideration of the health and humanitarian conditions in light of the current situation in the country as a result of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic. (QNA)

The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs (MADLSA) has explained what needs to be done if workers are outside the country and unable to return, and if this will affect their employment status. "The employer and the worker should discuss working conditions and benefits. The worker is entitled to refuse any adjustment to the contract," the MADLSA tweeted...

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has announced that people can now file criminal complaints at security departments through the Metrash2 application. "This new service launched by the MoI reduces the time of communication and simplify procedures for the public in the light of the precautionary measures against Covid-19," the ministry said in a tweet Monday.

Qatar is successfully managing the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, HE the Spokesperson of the Supreme Committee for Crisis Management Lolwah bint Rashid bin Mohamed AlKhater has said. At a press conference yesterday evening she gave a presentation on Covid-19 management in the country and reassured all about the safety and efficacy of the approach adopted. “The recent increase in the number...

QNA/Doha The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) on Tuesday announced the registration of 518 confirmed new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), and the recovery of 59 cases, bringing the total number of recovered cases in the State of Qatar to 614. The MOPH said in a statement that most of the new cases recorded are for expatriate workers who have been...

QNA/Doha The Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued Tuesday a circular restricting the working of restaurants and cafes (coffee shops) to delivering orders only following the specific procedures, within the framework of preventive measures to limit the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) and as a completion of the previously issued decisions and procedures. The Ministry's circular excluded licensed stalls such as restaurants and cafes...

QNA/Doha The Department of Meteorology in its daily weather report warned of thundery rain at some places in Qatar associated with strong wind. Weather inshore tonight until 6am on Wednesday will be cloudy with scattered rains which can turn thundery at places with slight dust at times, says the report. Offshore, it will be cloudy with scattered rain maybe thundery at times,...

As part of its endeavour to defeat the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19), Qatar Charity (QC) has provided aid - including medical and protective equipment, food items, and the necessary support - to Yemen, Lebanon, Tunisia and Palestine. This initiative falls within QC's humanitarian efforts to help the underprivileged, oppressed, and the needy across the globe, and comes in solidarity with...

Inspection tours by Doha Municipality's Health Control Section have led to the closure of five food establishments in the city for violations, the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) has said. A total of 105 inspection tours were conducted at food outlets across Doha on Sunday as part of the campaign to ensure the proper application of relevant food health...

QNA/Doha In the context of the continuous efforts of the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs to educate workers about all precautionary measures to prevent the risk of coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the Ministry holds regular meetings with joint labour committees in companies, the last of which was held this week "remotely" using video calling technology. The Ministry had initiated...

Global Situation Confirmed 2,432,092 +28,021 Today Recovered 636,929 +12,231 Today Deaths 166,794 +1,565 Today 1/23 Confirmed Cases: 654 Recovered: 30 Deaths: 18 >10,000 1,001-10,000 101-1,000 11-100 1-10 0 Country Confirmed Recovered Deaths United States 761,991 - 40,724 Spain 200,210 80,587 20,852 Italy 178,972 47,055 23,660 France 154,098 37,188 19,744 Germany 146,200 91,500 4,669 United Kingdom 125,850 444 16,544 Turkey 86,306 11,976 2,017 China 83,817 77,745 4,636 Iran 83,505 59,273 5,209 Russia 47,121 3,446 405 Belgium 39,983 8,895 5,828 Brazil 39,144 22,130 2,484 Canada 36,344 12,158 1,645 Netherlands 33,588 322 3,764 Switzerland 27,944 17,800 1,406 Portugal 20,863 610 735 India 17,615 2,854 559 Peru 15,628 6,811 400 Ireland 15,251 77 610 Austria 14,795 10,631 470 Sweden 14,777 550 1,580 Israel 13,654 3,872 173 Japan 10,797 1,159 236 South Korea 10,674 8,114 236 Chile 10,507 4,676 139 Saudi Arabia 10,484 1,490 103 Ecuador 9,468 1,061 474 Poland 9,453 1,133 362 Romania 8,936 2,017 469 Pakistan 8,418 1,970 176 Mexico 8,261 2,627 686 Singapore 8,014 768 11 Denmark 7,711 4,499 364 United Arab Emirates 7,265 1,360 43 Norway 7,122 32 171 Czech Republic 6,787 1,311 188 Indonesia 6,760 747 590 Australia 6,547 4,124 67 Philippines 6,459 613 428 Serbia 6,318 753 122 Belarus 6,264 514 51 Qatar 6,015 555 9 Ukraine 5,710 359 151 Malaysia 5,425 3,295 89 Dominican Republic 4,964 416 235 Panama 4,467 165 126 Finland 3,868 1,700 98 Colombia 3,792 711 179 Luxembourg 3,550 627 73 South Africa 3,158 903 54 Egypt 3,144 732 239 Morocco 2,990 340 143 Bangladesh 2,948 85 101 Argentina 2,941 737 136 Thailand 2,792 1,999 47 Algeria 2,629 1,047 375 Moldova 2,548 457 68 Greece 2,245 269 116 Kuwait 1,995 367 9 Hungary 1,984 267 199 Bahrain 1,895 769 7 Croatia 1,881 771 47 Kazakhstan 1,775 428 19 Iceland 1,773 1,362 9 Uzbekistan 1,604 261 5 Iraq 1,539 1,009 82 Estonia 1,535 165 40 New Zealand 1,440 974 12 Azerbaijan 1,436 791 19 Oman 1,410 238 7 Armenia 1,339 580 22 Slovenia 1,335 193 77 Lithuania 1,326 242 37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,309 381 49 Macedonia 1,225 200 54 Slovakia 1,173 251 13 Ghana 1,042 99 9 Cuba 1,035 255 34 Afghanistan 1,026 131 33 Cameroon 1,017 305 42 Bulgaria 929 167 43 Tunisia 879 148 38 Côte d'Ivoire 847 260 9 Djibouti 846 102 2 Cyprus 772 81 12 Latvia 739 88 5 Andorra 713 235 36 Diamond Princess 712 644 13 Lebanon 677 103 21 Costa Rica 660 112 6 Niger 648 117 20 Nigeria 627 170 21 Albania 584 327 26 Guinea 579 87 5 Burkina Faso 576 338 36 Kyrgyzstan 568 201 7 Bolivia 564 31 33 Uruguay 528 298 10 Kosovo 510 93 12 Honduras 477 25 46 San Marino 462 61 39 West Bank and Gaza 449 71 3 Malta 431 126 3 Taiwan 422 203 6 Jordan 417 276 7 Georgia 399 93 4 Senegal 377 235 5 Mauritius 328 224 9 Congo 327 27 25 Montenegro 312 88 5 Sri Lanka 304 98 7 Guatemala 289 21 7 Kenya 281 69 14 Vietnam 268 214 0 Venezuela 256 117 9 Mali 224 42 14 El Salvador 218 46 7 Paraguay 208 46 8 Jamaica 196 27 5 Tanzania 170 11 7 Somalia 164 3 7 Congo 160 16 6 Rwanda 147 76 0 Brunei 138 116 1 Cambodia 122 107 0 Madagascar 121 41 0 Trinidad and Tobago 114 21 8 Ethiopia 111 16 3 Burma 111 7 5 Gabon 109 7 1 Monaco 94 22 3 Sudan 92 8 12 Liberia 91 7 8 Togo 84 52 5 Liechtenstein 81 55 1 Equatorial Guinea 79 4 0 Barbados 75 19 5 Maldives 67 16 0 Cape Verde 67 1 1 Guyana 65 9 7 Zambia 65 35 3 Bahamas 60 11 9 Uganda 55 38 0 Benin 54 27 1 Libya 51 11 1 Guinea-Bissau 50 3 0 Haiti 47 0 3 Sierra Leone 43 6 0 Syria 39 5 3 Eritrea 39 3 0 Mozambique 39 8 0 Mongolia 33 7 0 Chad 33 8 0 Nepal 31 4 0 Zimbabwe 25 2 3 Angola 24 6 2 Swaziland 24 8 1 Antigua and Barbuda 23 3 3 Timor-Leste 22 1 0 Botswana 20 0 1 Laos 19 2 0 Belize 18 2 2 Fiji 18 3 0 Malawi 17 3 2 Namibia 16 6 0 Dominica 16 8 0 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15 0 0 Saint Lucia 15 11 0 Grenada 14 6 0 Central African Republic 12 4 0 Saint Vincent And The Grenadines 12 1 0 Seychelles 11 5 0 Gambia 10 2 1 Nicaragua 10 6 2 Suriname 10 6 1 MS Zaandam 9 0 2 Vatican 8 2 0 Papua New Guinea 7 0 0 Mauritania 7 6 1 Western Sahara 6 0 0 Burundi 5 4 1 Bhutan 5 2 0 Sao Tome and Principe 4 0 0 South Sudan 4 0 0 Yemen 1 0 0 Last Updated: 4/20/2020, 12:50 EDT Source:...

Doha A total of 11,419 phone calls were received through the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs’ (MADLSA) Labour Sector hotline between March 15 and April 18, it was announced on Sunday. Also, 2,269 text messages were received from workers in the same period, the MADLSA said in a tweet. Of the total 11,419 phone calls, 9,526 calls came...

  Ministry of Public Health today announced the registration of 567 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and the recovery of 37 cases of the disease. The Ministry also announced that one additional person has sadly died from coronavirus. Most of the new cases recorded are for expatriate workers who have been subject to quarantine after it was found that they were...