Friday, July 09, 2021

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- Phase 3 of Lifting Restrictions

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 As scheduled the Government announced further loosening of restrictions. Basically an increase to capacity in places like restaurants, barb...
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Saturday, July 03, 2021

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- Decreasing Cases, Light on the Horizon

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Qatar is now reporting around 50-80 community cases a day, and it should trickle lower as the weeks go on. There are fewer than 100 people i...
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Friday, June 18, 2021

Qatar Coronavirus Updates - Mandatory Testing Announced

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Last post I mentioned a rumour that some offices were looking into mandatory weekly testing for unvaccinated staff. Looks like I was partly ...
Tuesday, June 15, 2021

I'm vaccinated!

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Yesterday I received my second shot of Moderna from the clinic so I am now fully vaccinated. Just need to be careful for a couple of more we...
Saturday, May 29, 2021

Qatar Coronavirus Updates - Phase 1 of Restrictions Easing on the Back of Lower Case Numbers

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Yesterday some restrictions were eased, as planned by the Govt. Restaurants, hair salons and so forth can now open in limited capacity.  Bec...
Sunday, May 23, 2021

Got My First Vaccine Dose!

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This week I finally was able to get my first dose of vaccine. Under Qatar's rules if you came down with COVID you couldn't get vacci...
Monday, May 10, 2021

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- Restrictions to Start Lifting May 28

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Yesterday the Government announced a four-phase plan for lifting the current restrictions, with Phase 1 coming into effect May 28 and the o...
Monday, May 03, 2021

15 Years in Qatar!

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Wow, it's been 15 years now. I landed in Qatar in May 2006 to start a new job, expecting to be here maybe 3 or 4 years and here we are 1...
Monday, April 26, 2021

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- Possibly Reached the Peak of the Second Wave

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Community cases are starting to ease, they are now at around 500 a day and the number of people recovering is outpacing the number of new ca...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Ramadan Kareem!

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Ramadan has started. Unfortunately with all the recent troubles with COVID and the lockdowns it hasn’t been much of festive atmosphere here....
Friday, April 09, 2021

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- Over 900 Cases a Day and New Restrictions

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As feared things are getting worse, cases are over 900 a day, and deaths have been increasing. The other day eight people died of the virus,...
Friday, March 26, 2021

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- Restrictions Re-imposed

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For that last few days Qatar has gone over 500 cases a day, and today we crossed the 600-mark at 602. Hospitals are starting to fill up agai...
Friday, March 12, 2021

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- and watching Roger Federer Play Tennis

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 Qatar is still averaging over 400 cases a day (roughly the equivalent of 50,000 cases a day in the US) so the semi-restrictions are still i...
Sunday, February 21, 2021

Qatar Coronavirus Updates (and an update about me too)

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 My quarantine ended about five days ago and I was free! I did not come down with any other severe symptoms so after a rough first week thin...
Tuesday, February 09, 2021

I Have Tested Positive for COVID-19

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So at the end of my previous post I said: "So I think I will need to be more careful for the next while and hope this all passes."...
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Sunday, January 31, 2021

Qatar Coronavirus Updates - Cases Increasing, Government Considering Further Measures

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Over the last couple of weeks the number of cases started increasing and community transmission is now at over 300 a day, remember a couple ...
Monday, January 18, 2021

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- Levelling off, Vaccine Becoming More Available

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Community transmission is still at ~150-170 a day, worse than a month ago but it seems to have levelled off and thankfully is not getting an...
Friday, January 08, 2021

The Blockade has Ended! (Yes, things happened elsewhere in the World aside from the USA)

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 So . . . did anyone hear that on January 5th the GCC met in Saudi Arabia and signed an agreement to end the blockade of Qatar? You didn...
Monday, January 04, 2021

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- starting to get worse

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 After the months of slow decline in the number of cases my worries have come true and the case rate is increasing again. Now the daily case...
Monday, December 21, 2020

Qatar Updates for December

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 Okay, there's a number of things to note, I'll touch on each briefly: -- COVID virus numbers are slowly decreasing, now you get som...