Doha, 23 July 2023 National Human Rights Committee of Qatar (NHRC) has launched an awareness campaign on the risks of heat stress in the work places. The campaign will focus on the importance of protecting workers from heat stress, especially those who work in outdoor or high-temperature environment  and to prevent from heat-related illnesses and...

Doha, 08 April 2023 (QNA) Chairperson of National Human Rights Committee of Qatar (NHRC), Maryam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah has praised the great progress made by Qatar to protect the right to health without discrimination, as one of the economic, social and cultural rights. Marking the World Health Day, falls on 7th April every year...

Beijing, 09 January 2022 (Xinhua News)   Over 2.89 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered on the Chinese mainland as of Saturday, data from the National Health Commission showed Sunday. Xi'an, Capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, reported 30 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Saturday, local authorities said on Sunday. The city has registered 1,989...

Doha, 02 Jan. 2022 Dr. Yousef Al Maslamani, Medical Director of Hamad General Hospital has advised the general public to seek emergency medical assistance only in critical condition amid rise in the Omicron variant COVID-19 cases in Qatar, He said that Qatar has seen a significant increase in COVID-19 cases driven by the spread of...

Doha, 31 December 2021 Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has announced changes to its outpatient services in response to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in Qatar. The changes have been made to protect patients, visitors and staff from COVID-19 effective Sunday, 2nd January 2022, 50 percent of outpatient appointments will be delivered via telemedicine consultations...

Doha, 12 September 2021 Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, Chair of the National Health Strategy Group on COVID-19, has said that the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) decided to give the booster dose to protect from Covid-19 from mid- September in Qatar. ' We will begin with the most vulnerable people first', he added. He said...

Doha, 30 July 2021 MoPH, State of Qatar has announced through it's web site the following updates regarding the Covid-19 travel and return policy, effective Mid Day of Monday, August 02, 2021. For those coming from the following six East Asian countries - Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka :   Those vaccinated /...

Islamabad, 26 July 2021 (Anadolu News) Pakistan on Monday reported more than 3,700 new coronavirus cases, the highest single-day toll since May 22, as the Delta variant is spreading across the country, according to official data. In the past 24 hours, the country registered 3,752 additional infections, bringing the caseload to over 1 million, the...

Seoul, 22 July 2021 (Yonhap News) South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases hit a fresh high of over 1,800 on Thursday with mass infections from a virus-hit naval unit, while authorities are increasingly inclined to extend the toughest virus restrictions in the wider Seoul area amid no signs of a letup. The country added 1,842...

Beijing, 23 May 2021 (Xinhua News) Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the Global Health Summit via video in Beijing on Friday, 21st May 2021. President Xi announced China's continued support for global solidarity against COVID-19, and announced the following: China will provide an additional 3 billion US dollars in international aid over...