Monday, March 30, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates - Cases Per Day are Increasing

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In the past the new cases each day were around 7-13 but two days ago it was 28, a worrying sign. Well yesterday has 44 new cases and they ju...
Saturday, March 28, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates - First Death in the Country

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Unfortunately the Ministry announced the first death in Qatar due to covid-19, a 57-year old man with pre-existing medical issues. He had be...
Thursday, March 26, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Update -- Holding Steady but Preparing for the Worst

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Today the Ministry announced another 12 cases, bringing the total to 549. The curve for Qatar is still pretty flat: I couldn't find al...
Monday, March 23, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- Slight Rise in Cases Each Day

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Over the last three days the number of Coronavirus cases in Qatar has been growing slowly -- 11 one day, then 13, and today 7. The total num...
Friday, March 20, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- Cases Slowly Growing, Most People Staying Home

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Cases in the country are now at 460. It's a slow increase, for the last three days the number of cases has only gone up from 3 - 10 a d...
Sunday, March 15, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates - Now Over 400 Cases

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The Ministry of Public Health as reported an additional 64 cases today, bringing the total to 401. Sadly it will likely continue to increase...
Saturday, March 14, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates - now over 300 cases

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Looks like I spoke too soon about no new cases. Within an hour of the last post the Ministry of Public Health announced 58 more cases, takin...
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Friday, March 13, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Update -- Further Closings

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No new cases announced thankfully (still at 262) but the government has now closed places like gyms, playgrounds, and wedding halls. The m...
Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Update -- Huge Jump in Cases!

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Last post Qatar had 15 cases. Then it became 18. Then it became 24. Qatar has now closed schools and universities. Travelers from a list...
Sunday, March 08, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Update - and What to do if you Can't Find Hand Sanitizer

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Until recently the number of cases in Qatar was 12 but they were all from the extradition flight from Iran so had safely been quarantined wi...
Monday, March 02, 2020

Qatar and the Coronavirus

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Okay, it has been an exciting last couple of weeks to say the least. Slowly but surely the Coronavirus has been making its way around the w...
Sunday, February 23, 2020

Locusts

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This week social media in Arabia was flooded with videos of locust swarms invading the deserts. The swarms are possibly from Pakistan , whic...
Sunday, January 26, 2020

Taking the Metro to the Airport

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So on the weekend I decided to take the Metro to the Airport. Not because I was travelling anywhere, I just wanted to see where the Metro wi...
Saturday, January 11, 2020

The Passing of Sultan Qaboos of Oman

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I was saddened to hear of the passing of Sultan Qaboos of Oman this weekend. Everyone knew he wasn't doing well, after a number of medic...
Wednesday, December 04, 2019

24th Arabian Gulf Cup

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Qatar is hosting the Gulf Cup this year and, to everyone's surprise, the teams from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and UAE participated. Original...
Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Metro Gold Line is Open!

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So I was away on a business trip just as the Gold Line was being open on the Metro. This was really unexpected, the initial plan was for th...
Saturday, October 19, 2019

Trip to the Inland Sea

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Summer is over and the weather has started down to cool down to the point where it is somewhat tolerable. One of my friends decided to orga...
Monday, September 16, 2019

Qatar and Medical Care

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I recently had to visit a clinic to check something out. Having medical insurance is a definite benefit in Qatar and almost all employers p...
Monday, September 09, 2019

I'm Back

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Back again after a long delay, went on a big summer vacation and then a couple of weeks later fell ill for a few days with a stomach bug. ...
Saturday, July 06, 2019

Carded!

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I was tidying up my apartment and came across a series of art cards. These were from a gallery exhibition in Vancouver called Carded. Ev...