Highlights
Up to 80% of staff allowed in ‘all’ offices from July 28
The Cabinet yesterday amended its earlier decisions and allowed up to 80% of the public and private sector employees to work from offices starting July 28. The Cabinet affirmed continued implementation of the precautionary measures taken to combat the pandemic. As part of the plan to gradually lift the restrictions [...]
Fahes vehicle inspection to resume next month
Woqod Vehicles Inspection (Fahes) has announced that the normal technical inspection of vehicles will resume next month. Since March , vehicles in Qatar have been exempted from inspection, because of the Covid-19 situation. Vehicle owners were allowed to register for inspection, as well as make payments, using the Woqod mobile [...]
Quarantine Rules For Arriving Persons Eased
As part of lifting the Covid-19 restrictions gradually, the government has announced changes to the quarantine requirements for incoming passengers after reviewing the travel policy announced earlier. The changes come into effect today. A statement issued by the Government Communications Office, said the revision was based on public health indicators [...]
Local Dates Festival 2020 – How To Preserve Dates
The fifth Local Dates Festival in co-operation with Al Meera Consumer Goods Company, is running across all Al Meera branches until the target stock of 300 tonnes of local dates lasts. This year’s festival is witnessing the participation of more than 100 local farms and dates producers. The annual festival [...]
Municipalities make detailed preparations for Eid al-Adha
Municipalities in Qatar have announced intensive preparations for Eid al-Adha through action plans chalked out, including extensive inspection campaigns on food facilities, along with disinfecting and equipping public parks to receive visitors.
Muntazah, two other parks to be ready by next year-end
The construction of Al Gharrafa and Umm Al Saneem parks and development of the Rawdat Al Khail Park (Al Muntazah Park) will be completed within the fourth quarter of 2021. In November 2019, Ashghal had announced that it had started work on the three projects in a move aimed at [...]
