As Qatar’s National COVID-19 Vaccination Program moves ahead in full gear, more than half of the country’s total population (16 years and above) has received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
According to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), 67.3 percent of people aged 16 and above have gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine while 50.7 percent have been fully vaccinated (with both doses).
Yesterday’s update also revealed that new cases amongst the community went below 100 in the past 24 hours.
The Ministry data also shows that since the start of the National COVID-19 Vaccination Program, a total of 2,716,670 vaccine doses have been given to those eligible to receive the vaccine in Qatar. Among these, 1,561,481 people have received at least one dose and 1,155,189 both doses.
Under the wise leadership of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Qatar has extended support to several countries and organizations to help them fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Her Excellency the Minister of Public Health Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari highlighted yesterday.
HE the Minister underlined this during her speech at the World Health Assembly (WHA).
“Qatar has allocated $20 million to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) and, more recently, Qatar signed a $10 million core contribution agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) to support WHO’s Thirteenth General Program of Work (GPW13) and the initiative of accelerating the access to COVID-19 tools in countries most in need,” she mentioned.
With Qatar facing the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and the number of daily cases and hospital admissions rising, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) recently designated Al Wakra Hospital as a COVID-19 facility.
Al Wakra Hospital becomes the seventh HMC facility dedicated to the care and management of COVID-19 patients in Qatar.
The hospital’s emergency department has been closed since Friday, April 2, and most of the services have been transferred to other hospitals in the public healthcare sector.
Yesterday, Her Excellency the Minister of Public Health Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari visited Al Wakra Hospital to meet senior officials of HMC’s Tactical Command Group and the hospital’s leadership.
Her Excellency Qatar’s Minister of Public Health Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari conducted an inspection visit to the National Health Incident Command Center (NHICC) today.
The center, which is embedded within Hamad Medical Corporation’s Ambulance Service headquarters, works closely with the Ministry of Public Health and other key agencies in the country to coordinate the healthcare system’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Operational round-the-clock, the center manages the areas of bed management and hospital capacity in Qatar’s COVID-19 strategy.
It makes sure the healthcare system has adequate capacity to facilitate the delivery of high-quality care and treatment to those requiring medical care due to COVID-19.
international solidarity and combined efforts to overcome the challenge.
Upon the directives of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the country has generously given medical as well as financial aid to over 80 countries in need of support to battle COVID-19.
Last year, the country also
Now, the country, represented by Qatar Fund For Development has inked an agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) to support the Organization’s Thirteenth General Program of Work (GPW 13) and its COVID-19 response through the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A).
Known as the Core Contribution Agreement, the first of its kind to be finalized between Qatar and WHO, encompasses support for US$ 10,000,000.