Friday, August 12, 2022

Summer Vacation Part 1 - Norway

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I just got back from a one month vacation. The timing was good as a Covid wave went through Qatar over the last few weeks (I'm guessing ...
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Friday, July 08, 2022

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- Masks Restrictions Back in Place

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As I expected the Government has put some restrictions back in place. Masks are now required at indoor public places. People were generally ...
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- With Relaxed Restrictions Comes More Cases

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Qatar has relaxed almost all restrictions now. You do need to show your Ethteraz app to enter places but mask-wearing is not enforced (many ...
Friday, May 13, 2022

Qatar Coronavirus Updates - Cases Increasing

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Recently got back from Eid Vacation, I'll post about that later.  Discouraged to see that cases are rising again in Qatar, I am guessing...
Saturday, April 16, 2022

A New Mall - the Vendome

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 [Coronavirus cases are hovering around 100 a day, some days less than a 100, others more. Hospitalizations are under 30 and only one person...
Saturday, April 02, 2022

Ramadan Kareem!

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It's Ramadan, the announcement was made last night.  Time for a month of fasting from first light (~4am) until sunset at around 6pm.  Sp...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- Frustratingly Stable, oh and Canada is in the World Cup

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Over the last two weeks I watched, waiting for the numbers to steadily drop below 100, maybe even below 50 cases a day, but it didn't ha...
Friday, March 11, 2022

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- Omicron wave is over

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Cases are now back to a level before the Omicron wave, today there were 116 community cases, and it has been under 200 a day for the last we...
Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Qatar Coronavirus Updates - 300 Cases a Day, Hospitals Back to Normal

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Today there were 309 community cases. Hospitalizations are WAY down, and now only 39 people are in hospital, of which 28 are in ICU. At the ...
Saturday, February 12, 2022

Qatar Coronavirus Updates - Around 500 a Day and More Lessening of Restrictions

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Just a quick post. Yesterday there were 532 community cases and only 114 people are currently in hospital. Unfortunately the deaths lag the ...
Wednesday, February 02, 2022

Qatar Coronavirus Updates - At 1000 Cases a Day

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The wave continues to abate, Qatar is now at around 1000 community cases a day, and about 4% of tests are coming back positive, down from 10...
Thursday, January 27, 2022

Qatar Coronavirus Updates - Omicron Subsiding, Restrictions Lifted

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Community cases in Qatar are dropping as fast as they were increasing a couple of weeks ago, from 2770 a day six days ago to 1621 today. Rec...
Friday, January 21, 2022

Qatar Coronavirus Updates - Wave May Have Peaked

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Cases have been slowly declining, from 3300 community cases in a day to 3000 and today 2770. Positive test rate is at around 9%. Hospitaliza...
Sunday, January 16, 2022

Qatar Coronavirus Updates -- Cases Steady but Still High

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The last three days the community cases have been steady at 3300-3500 a day. Given the number of tests being done the positivity rate is aro...
Thursday, January 13, 2022

Qatar Coronavirus Updates - Omicron Still Sweeping the Country

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Cases continue to climb but more slowly. 2 days ago it was 3500 community cases, and in the last two days around 3800. Is this the peak? Not...
Monday, January 10, 2022

Qatar Coronavirus Updates - Omicron Wave Continues

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 Daily community cases continue to climb, 2 days ago it was 2,800, yesterday was 3,000 and today is 3,300. I think today's was a record ...
Saturday, January 08, 2022

Qatar Coronavirus Updates - Omicron Sweeping the Country

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In my last post there were around 1000 community cases in one day. Since then it went to 1600. Then 2000. And now 2500, in one day. The grow...
Tuesday, January 04, 2022

Qatar Coronavirus Updates - The Omicron Wave is Here

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Man, what a difference a week makes. From 200 community cases a day it went to 300, then 500, then 600. And today it was over 1000 community...
Monday, December 27, 2021

Qatar Coronavirus Updates - Omicron Driving an Increase in Case Numbers

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Got my booster shot of Moderna today! Glad I was able to get that sorted. When I received my previous two doses I was a bit out of it the ne...
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Sunday, December 19, 2021

More Arab Cup, and Omicron appears.

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The Government announced four cases of Omicron yesterday but all from people entering the country and who had been undergoing quarantine. Th...