covid-19 Archives

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Health & Wellbeing

No more Covid-19 restrictions across Qatar, masks mandatory only in health facilities

No more Ehteraz or mask wearing across Qatar, the cabinet has announced. Qatar’s cabinet has reviewed the Ministry of Public Health’s report on the latest updates regarding Covid-19 and decided…

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US report believes Covid-19 was likely caused by ‘Wuhan lab leak’

It is thought that discovering the SARS-CoV-2 virus’s origins will assist in fighting off or even preventing another pandemic. Covid-19 was most likely the result of a lab leak, a recently updated classified…

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Why are tech firms laying people off despite surge in profit?

The tech company with the most layoffs was Amazon with 18,000 layoffs as of 4 January. Remarks made by tech corporations announcing their most recent layoffs have an unsettling consistency,…

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The cost of Covid school closures on learning worldwide

School-age children worldwide suffered significant setbacks during the Covid-19 pandemic and have still not caught up, posing “a real problem for this generation,” researchers warned on Monday. Children experienced learning…

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Doomsday Clock warns humanity has stepped closer to ‘global catastrophe’

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was established in 1945 by Albert Einstein and researchers from the University of Chicago. The world is more imminently doomed than ever, according to…

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Covid booster confirmed safe following concerns of ‘possible link’ to stroke

Moderna’s bivalent shot has not been linked to this safety issue. An extensive scientific examination found no evidence to support concerns that Covid booster shots produced by Pfizer-BioNTech may raise…

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China breaks years of Covid isolation with border reopening despite surge in cases

Qatar imposed a mandatory Covid-19 test for visitors coming from China amid the nation’s rising case numbers. China has lifted the quarantine requirements for incoming travellers, putting an end to…

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QRCS monitors WHO’s Covid-19 vaccine distribution in northern Syria

Since Covid-19’s outbreak in 2020, Qatar has provided aid to several nations to help the world grapple with the disease’s impact. Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) is monitoring the distribution…

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Global airports body slams ‘unjustified’ Covid checks on travellers from China

China’s abrupt switch earlier this month from the ‘zero-COVID’ policy that it had maintained for nearly three years has led to infections sweeping across the country unchecked. Covid checks imposed…

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