Covid
The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) has announced that students will return to schools and kindergartens with full in-person attendance from Sunday, January 30. In its latest announcement, the Ministry has clarified the official..
Qatar on Saturday reported 1,538 new COVID-19 cases – 1,114 among community and 424 among travellers. The Ministry of Public Health also reported 4,187 recoveries. With this, the active cases in Qatar declined to 26,248 while the total recov..
Chinese scientists have identified the new NeoCov coronavirus strain in bats in South Africa and the possible risks from the strain require further research and assessment, reported Sputnik. Chinese scientists, most of whom work for Wuhan Universi..
The Omicron COVID-19 variant can survive longer than earlier strains of the virus on plastic surfaces and human skin, new research by Japanese scientists has found. The study by a team from the Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, which is no..
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has gone into self-isolation until Tuesday after being deemed a close contact of a person who tested positive for COVID-19, the government said. The exposure took place on Jan 22 during a flight to A..
Some people with long Covid may have hidden damage to their lungs, a small pilot study in the UK suggests. Scientists used a novel xenon gas scan method to pick up lung abnormalities not identified by routine scans. They focused on 11 people wh..
Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (KAHRAMAA) has obtained 80 percent of its ambitious project which aims to turn the corporation into ‘smart’ offering fully automated services to customers without human intervention. Just..
The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) has announced that students will return to schools and kindergartens with full in-person attendance from Sunday, January 30. In addition to its recent announcement on Wednesday, the Ministry s..
The State of Qatar has reached the peak of COVID-19 third wave, according to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) as indicated in the recent data. “The most recent data appears to show that we have reached the peak of this third wave as..