Qatar / Health

Ten years on - National Sport Day inspiring healthy nation 07 Feb 2022 - 08:00 am

Doha: Qatar will mark the 2022 National Sport Day (NSD), encouraging the community to stay active and embrace a healthy lifestyle while adhering...

Three reasons parents should get their kids vaccinated: Dr Khal 06 Feb 2022 - 04:13 pm

Doha: Chair of the National Health Strategic Group on Covid-19 and Head of Infectious Diseases at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) Dr Abdullatif Al...

MoPH reports 912 Covid-19 cases in Qatar on Feb 6 06 Feb 2022 - 03:40 pm

Doha: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) reported 912 Covid-19 cases in Qatar on February 6, 2022. Cases Cases among community: 777 Cases among...

FIFA President, WHO Director-General, SC Secretary-General among speakers at Qatar Health 2022 06 Feb 2022 - 08:45 am

Doha: The Organising and Scientific Committee of the Qatar Health 2022 and 2nd Qatar Public Health Conference announced that FIFA President Gianni Infantino,...

Qatar reports 903 Covid-19 cases on Feb 5 05 Feb 2022 - 02:49 pm

Doha: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) reported 903 Covid-19 cases in Qatar on February 5, 2022. Cases Cases among community: 746 Cases among...

495 booked for violating Covid-19 precautionary measures 04 Feb 2022 - 08:07 pm

Doha: The designated authorities referred 495 people to the prosecution for Covid-19 precautionary measure violations on Friday (February 4, 2022). 403 people were...

One death and 997 Covid-19 cases in Qatar on Feb 4 04 Feb 2022 - 04:21 pm

Doha: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) reported 997 Covid-19 cases in Qatar on February 4, 2022. Cases Cases among community: 792 Cases among...

Women in Qatar active in getting reliable health information 04 Feb 2022 - 01:07 pm

Women in Qatar are shown to be active seekers of reliable health information and they have an understanding of how to use the...

MoPH reports two deaths as Covid-19 cases dip further in Qatar on Feb 3 03 Feb 2022 - 03:42 pm

Doha: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) reported 1183 Covid-19 cases in Qatar on February 3, 2022. Cases Cases among community: 953 Cases among...

Proper infection control, community awareness helped Qatar tackle new variants, waves 03 Feb 2022 - 08:39 am

Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) establishment of a strong infection control structure across the hospitals and community awareness since the beginning of the pandemic...

Vaccination significantly reduces ICU admissions 03 Feb 2022 - 08:23 am

The extensive vaccination drive has helped greatly in bringing down significantly the COVID-19 infection cases in intensive care units (ICUs) during third wave...

MoPH releases Ehteraz Guide to answer all queries 02 Feb 2022 - 09:50 pm

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has reminded that individuals will lose their Gold Frame (immunized) status on Ehteraz, 9 months after receiving...

Unvaccinated Covid-19 patients 8 times more likely to need ICU admission: MoPH 02 Feb 2022 - 07:46 pm

Doha: Analysis of COVID-19 patients admitted to Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) since 15 December 2021 shows that unvaccinated patients are eight times more...

HMC in urgent need of blood donors 02 Feb 2022 - 04:59 pm

Doha: Hamad Medical Corporation's (HMC) Blood Donor Center is in critical need of O+ blood types. HMC posted on its twitter account today...

Fasting-mimicking diet boosts immune in cancer patients: Sidra Medicine study 02 Feb 2022 - 03:44 pm

Doha: Researchers from Sidra Medicine, an entity of Qatar Foundation, and Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), Milan, Italy, have published a study...

Two deaths and 1245 Covid-19 cases in Qatar on Feb 2 02 Feb 2022 - 02:17 pm

Doha: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) reported 1245 Covid-19 cases in Qatar on February 2, 2022. Cases Cases among community: 996 Cases among...

Qatari doctor wins prestigious Sabah Al Ahmad Award 02 Feb 2022 - 08:39 am

Doha: National Lead for Healthy Ageing for the Qatar Ministry of Public Health (National Health Strategy 2018 2022) and Medical Director of Rumailah...