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His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani Joseph Varghese *All incoming flights suspended except for cargo and transit *All public transport, including metro and Karwa buses stopped *Staff above 55 and those with chronic diseases can work from home *Banks to postpone repayment of loan installments *Govt funds to increase investments in the stock exchange by QR10bn *Qatar Central Bank to provide additional liquidity...

In a move to address the growing outbreak, Qatar shuts down incoming visitors and implements a move to support the private sector. Qatar announced 64 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, taking the total to 401 Qatar has announced a series of measures, including the suspension of all incoming flights for a preliminary two-week period, as a precautionary measure to contain...

How we can fight the coronavirus 03:10 (CNN)As the fight against the coronavirus pandemic intensifies, so does the strain felt across society. Impact Your World has gathered some ways you can help ease the pressure. Feeding the hungry As schools shut down and shift to online learning, some kids in low-income households are losing access to free meals at school. The USDA is working to...

Based on reported cases, the mortality rate has surpassed the previous WHO estimate of 3.4% percent and is now hovering around 3.7%. Of course, we lack insight into how many people are actually infected, but when you’ve got a bug that’s snuffing out nearly 4 percent of the people who report symptoms, that’s something to take very seriously. Tim Lloyd Hong...

Man Sentenced to Two Months in Prison for Causing Coronavirus “Pandemonium” on Aer Lingus Flight  MARCH 2020 Photo Credit: Aer Lingus MATEUSZ MASZCZYNSKIMateusz Maszczynski is a serving international flight attendant with experience… Aman who claimed to have had close contact with someone diagnosed with Coronavirus when he was asked to end a phone call on an Aer Lingus flight from Amsterdam to Dublin...

12TH MARCH 2020 Photo Credit: Lufthansa The largest flight attendants union in the United States has slammed a decision by the Trump administration to slap a travel ban on much of Europe, calling it “irresponsible” and describing the decision as more to do with politics than public safety. Sara Nelson, leader of the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) which represents some...

In an open letter to its 90,000 employees, the chief executive of Delta Air Lines said he would forego 100 percent of his pay for the next six months as he tries to steer the airline through the Coronavirus crisis. Ed Bastian described the “fluid” situation as “unprecedented” and along with a raft of new measures said more “critical”...

Norwegian Carried Over 33 Million Passengers Last Year, Recruited Over 2,000 New Staff Writing a resume from scratch can be a long and time-consuming task – we like to think of a resume as a ‘living document’.  One that you should be constantly reviewing, adapting and improving upon.  Getting it right the first time is a mere pipe dream for...

A video has emerged of the often outspoken chief executive of Qatar Airways casting doubt on the contagiousness of the COVID-19 Coronavirus and saying “a fear factor” was blocking aviation for no reason. His comments appear to have been made at an aviation conference held in February when the outbreak was largely confined to the Chinese mainland. “During the incubation...

10TH MARCH 2020 Photo Credit: Qatar Airways number of foreign cabin crew working for Qatar Airways have been left stranded after Qatar’s health ministry banned foreign nationals from 14 countries. The drastic measure was announced on Sunday and came into effect less than 24-hours later. While Qatari citizens are not affected by the ban, all visitors and those with residence and...

Hamad Port, which has seen the world’s largest shipping companies seek entry and growth in the Qatari and regional markets, berthed 162 vessels in January 2020, which saw 17.4% growth and 3.8% on yearly and monthly basis respectively. Santhosh V. Perumal The overall container traffic through various ports in Qatar was 6.86mn tonnes at the end of January 2020, according to...

Property deals worth more than QR400mn were registered in Qatar between March 1 and 5, indicating an increase of QR40mn over the previous week, Ezdan Real State said in a report. Property deals worth more than QR400mn were registered in Qatar between March 1 and 5, indicating an increase of QR40mn over the previous week, Ezdan Real Estate said in...

Our name “The Look Company” was originally established in Qatar in 2006 to create the look of the 15th Asian Games held in Doha and has since become an award-winning, multifaceted branding company locally and across the region. Soon we were turning international sporting events and retail environments into brand destinations. We’ve expanded beyond just fabric evolving into designing, engineering and...

Qatar Red Crescent chairman Dr Mohamed bin Ghanem Elali al-Maadheed presenting a memento to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies secretary-general Jagan Chapagain. Qatar Red Crescent chairman Dr Mohamed bin Ghanem Elali al-Maadheed received in his office the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies secretary-general Jagan Chapagain to discuss co-operation methods and to...