Sunday, August 23, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- No Second Spike (so far)

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It has been three weeks since Eid ended and there has been no evidence of a sharp increase in cases. Things are holding steady at around 230...
Friday, August 14, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- possibly a second wave?

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The last few weeks saw a gradual decline in cases but now they, at first glance, appear to be increasing. People are already discussing...
Wednesday, August 05, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- and Eid Updates

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So it is the middle of the Eid holiday (for most at least, banks and other financial services opened today) and I am not so sure about how s...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- Now Under 300 Cases a Day

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Things continue to improve and the last three days has seen daily cases under 300 a day. Qatar has been closing some of their "coronavi...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- Amendments to Travel Restrictions

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For the last few days Qatar's daily cases were in the 300s. Today it went back up into the 400s but the overall downward trend continues...
Saturday, July 18, 2020

Qatar Cornonavirus Updates - Holding Steady in the 400s

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Daily case rates are in the low 400s now and there hasn't been any spikes to indicate a second wave approaching. Active cases and hospit...
Sunday, July 12, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates - under 500 cases a day now

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For two days in a row Qatar has reported fewer than 500 cases, today was 470. Everything is slowly lowering: the number of active cases (abo...
Saturday, July 04, 2020

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- Cases Declining

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It's still a bit up-and-down but today cases were in the 500s, the lowest in quite some time. Recoveries have outpaced cases every day f...
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 ...