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24 Apr 2021 - 15:15
(Clockwise from top left) Dr. Hamad Eid Al-Rumaihi, Director of the Department of Health Protection and Communicable Disease Control at MOPH; Dr. Khalid El-Awad, Director of the Health Protection Department at PHCC; Dr. Muna Al Malsamani, Medical Director of the Communicable Disease Center at HMC; and Dr. Soha Al Bayat, Head of Vaccination at the Ministry of Public Health
The Peninsula
Doha: The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), and Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) celebrate World Immunization Week during the period 24-30 April 2021. This year’s celebrations are organized under the theme “Vaccines Bring Us Closer”, which was selected by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Ministry of Public Health updates quarantine protocol
22 Apr 2021 - 0:21
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QNA
Doha: The Ministry of Public Health has issued an update to the quarantine protocol and testing of persons for Coronavirus (COVID-19), which includes the rules for exempting COVID-19 recovered people from quarantine and the need for all travelers coming to the State of Qatar to undergo a COVID-19 test in a medical center approved by the local Ministry of Health in the country they come from within 72 hours before their arrival in the State of Qatar.
This new protocol will take effect from Sunday, April 25, 2021.
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) issued an update on quarantine and personnel testing protocol for COVID-19, taking effect from April 25, 2021.
The Ministry stated that if a person recovering from COVID-19 has had any contact with an infected person or suspected of having the disease and did not show symptoms of infection, the individual is exempt from quarantine provided that the individual has procured a laboratory-confirmed result stating that he has recovered from COVID-19 and fulfill the quarantine criteria.
This should be within six months of the first positive result of the COVID-19 test. Furthermore, one should also undergo a COVID-19 test to rule out an asymptomatic infection. Recovered persons can obtain an extract to confirm prior infection from their health center.
21 Apr 2021 - 23:53
The Peninsula Online
Doha: The Ministry of Public Health has made it mandatory for all travelers coming to the State of Qatar to undergo a Covid-19 test at a medical center accredited by the local Ministry of Health in the country they come from within 72 hours before their arrival in Qatar.
This new protocol will take effect from next Sunday, April 25, 2021.
Dr. Maryam Ali Abdul-Malik, Managing Director of the Primary Health Care Corporation stressed that all travelers coming to Qatar must undergo a Covid-19 examination in a medical center accredited by the local Ministry of Health in the country of arrival within 72 hours before their arrival in the State of Qatar, and that the result of the examination should be negative. Some categories will have a Covid-19 test on arrival at the airport, as determined by the Ministry of Public Health.