Monday, June 29, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- Cases Decreasing but Government Concerned

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Daily cases in Qatar are slowly receding, today had 693. Quite the change from not so long ago when >2,000 was happening. Three more dea...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- Sad Milestone

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Unfortunately five more people died in the last 24 hours. Qatar has passed 100 deaths from the virus, the total is at 104. Given that Qatar ...
Sunday, June 21, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates - Below 1000 Daily Cases now

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The case rate keeps going down and today it fell to 881, the first time since early May that there were fewer than 1,000 cases. Recoveries h...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus - A New Drug and Qatar Travel Restrictions Update

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Yesterday I noted there were questions around when expats can return from abroad without paying for two weeks of quarantine. According to t...
Monday, June 15, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates - Phase 1 of Lifting Restrictions

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Just a quick note today. Phase 1 of removing coronavirus lockdown restrictions occurred today. Some mosques are open, as well as some parks...
Friday, June 12, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates (and Economy Update)

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I have now found out that the Ehteraz app is indeed a proximity detector. Yesterday I received this message on my phone: So it appears ...
Tuesday, June 09, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- Government Announces Plan to Lift Restrictions

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Yesterday the Government held a press conference to announce the plan for lifting restrictions in Qatar. Soon the presentation/plan was all ...
Friday, June 05, 2020

The Qatar Blockade -- Now Three Years

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With all the craziness going on in 2020 I am willing to bet most people outside of the Middle East forgot that Qatar is still under a blocka...
Wednesday, June 03, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- Most Cases per Capita in the World

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New cases are fluctuating, sometimes 1600ish, sometimes over 2000 a day. 1,901 new cases were announced today for a total of 62,160. Over 2%...
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Friday, May 29, 2020

What I Get Up to Staying at Home

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Decided to see how my new "lockdown beard" works with a Qatari thobe and gurtra.
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Thursday, May 28, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates – Steady, Likely at the Peak

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Daily cases were high but holding steady at 1500-1800 a day. Today however was a new record, 1,967, and the total cases is at 50,914. Howeve...
Sunday, May 24, 2020

Eid Mubarak Everyone

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Well, Ramadan is officially over. Eid Al-Fitr has begun and now I can eat during the day again. I celebrated with an oatmeal breakfast and ...
Friday, May 22, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Update -- The Gov't is Serious About the App

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Another day and sadly another record, 1,830 cases detected in Qatar in the last 24 hours. At least the daily recoveries are picking up, it...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Two Months of Staying in the Apartment

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I have now been in my apartment for two months. Aside from one trip to the grocery store, and picking up iftar meals from that kind Qatari g...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates – Might be at the Peak (I hope)

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Qatar continues to have significant daily cases, anywhere from 1100-1600+ a day. Today was 1,637. Large numbers but relatively stable. Mayb...
Thursday, May 14, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Update -- Over 28,000 Total Cases

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Today was another record unfortunately, with 1,733 new cases in one day. Total cases is 28,272. No one has died in the last few days so the...
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Monday, May 11, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Update - over 1,100 new cases a day now!

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In the last four days the number of daily cases has been over 1,100, and on one of those days it was 1,311 -- the highest amount of cases in...
Friday, May 08, 2020

14 Years in Qatar

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With all of the Coronavirus isolation I completely forgot that as of May 1st I have been in Qatar for 14 years! I did not plan that at all,...
Thursday, May 07, 2020

Ramadan 2020 - Traditional Iftar Meal

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Day 42 of isolation in the apartment. But yesterday I was chatting with a friend on the phone and invited me to stop by his family's ma...
Tuesday, May 05, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Update - Day 40 of Isolating, Cases Are Still High

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Day 42 and in Qatar things have still not settled. Cases are up-and-down, 600+ one day, 700+ another. Today was 951 new cases for a total o...