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Qatar opens new laboratory to process more PCR tests

More than 25,000 thousand people are being tested for Covid-19 daily, with significant delays to results and long appointment waiting lists. Qatar has opened a new and much-needed laboratory at Hamad…

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Covid-19 booster shots home delivery for elderly people in Qatar

Hamad Medical Corporation launches an initiative to provide high-risk people with Covid-19 vaccine booster shots at home. The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) announced that more than 125,000 Covid-19 booster…

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Qatar records its highest ever number of daily COVID cases

The Gulf nation has recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic. But do the numbers add up? Qatar has recorded the highest number of…

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Why some vaccines require boosters and others don’t

To date, the Gulf nation has administered over 331,437 Moderna and Pfizer booster doses, but why is it needed? The COVID-19 virus has so far spawned 11 variants, Delta and…

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Quarantine for infected health workers reduced to 7 days amid surge in cases

Qatar’s prime minister and health minister were seen inspecting a number of medical centres, following public discontent over apparat failure by health officials to deal with current crisis. Qatar’s Ministry…

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Where are we now with Covid in Qatar?

Citizens and residents have been expressing their growing frustration at the local health sector in recent days, in light of what has been described as “mismanagement”. Qatar has been witnessing…

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