MoPH Moves More Countries to Red List Including Canada, France, Italy, Maldives, KSA, UAE, USA
The Ministry of Public Health has updated its list of countries based on the level of COVID-19 risk, taking effect on Saturday, 1 January 2022 at 7 pm. According to…
HMC Announces Strict Visitor Policy due to COVID-19
Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has announced strict visitor policies for all hospitals as part of its measures to protect patients, visitors, and healthcare staff from COVID-19, effective immediately. No visitors…
PHCC Cancels Vacations for Employees, Asks Those on Leave to Return to Work Immediately
The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) cancelled all vacations for its employees until further notice and asked those who are outside of the country to return to work immediately. In…
MoPH Urges Public to Get Booster Shots Amidst Spike in COVID-19 Cases
Amid the increasing number of recorded COVID-19 cases daily, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) urges eligible individuals to get their vaccine booster shots and play their part in the…
MoPH Updates COVID-19 Country Classifications Effective 19 December
The Ministry of Public Health has updated its country lists based on COVID-19 risk in its Travel and Return Policy. The updated list will be effective at 6 pm Sunday,…
‘Spine Poetry’ by VCUarts Qatar Staff Brings Lockdown Experiences to Life
As artists and designers across Doha and elsewhere turned to their tools – paints, brushes, laptops, clay, wood, film, textiles, stone and so on – as an outlet for their…
MoPH Updates COVID-19 Risk Classification for Red, Green and Exceptional Red List Countries
THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH THE LATEST REPORT FROM MoPH Following the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant omicron, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has once again…
New Travel and Return Policy for Seven Southern African Countries Under Exceptional Red List
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has a new quarantine and travel policy for SOME countries in Southern Africa recently added to the exceptional red list. The new and updated…
Qatar Airways Announces Flight Restrictions from Five South African Countries
Due to the recent emergence of the new COVID-19 Omicron variant, and with immediate effect, Qatar Airways will no longer be accepting passengers travelling from five countries in Southern Africa…
WCM-Q Researchers Investigate the Potential of ‘Flavonoids’ on COVID-19
Student researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) contributed to a study investigating the potential of flavonoids found in plants for fighting viral infections such as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes…