Qatar

DOHA, Mar 28 (NNN-QNA) – The Qatari Health Ministry yesterday announced, 614 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the Gulf state to 177,135.

Meanwhile, 382 more recovered from the virus, bringing the overall recoveries to 162,555, while fatalities increased by two to 284, according to a ministry statement.

A total of 1,706,760 persons have taken lab tests so far, while the total number of vaccine doses administered is 721,236.

22 Mar 2021; MEMO: Qatari and Mauritanian officials met in Doha yesterday to discuss restoring diplomatic ties for the first time since they were severed as part of the 2017 boycott of Qatar by a number of Gulf and other Arab states.

15 Mar 2021; MEMO: The Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani Rehabilitation and Prosthesis Hospital in the Gaza Strip provided 297 prostheses for wounded and disabled Palestinians last year, Anadolu news agency reported.

12 Mar 2021; MEMO: Qatar, Turkey and Russia yesterday agreed to coordinate the delivery of aid to the Syrian people.

11 Mar 2021; MEMO: Qatar exported its first shipment of oil to a neighboring country in the Arab Gulf since Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain imposed an economic embargo in 2017, Bloomberg reports.

According to the news site, tanker tracking data appears to show Qatar, a small oil producer, shipped some 700,000 barrels of oil to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in early March.

10 Feb 2021; MEMO: Qatar's authorities Wednesday said the country will resume commercial traffic with Saudi Arabia on Feb. 14, adhering to the coronavirus protective measures, Anadolu reports.

10 Feb 2021; MEMO: Qatar said Tuesday that it is ready to facilitate dialogue between Lebanese politicians on the formation of a new government, stressing that it does not seek to spoil the French initiative in this regard, Anadolu Agency reports.

"We do not seek to torpedo the French initiative, but rather we are working to complete international efforts to form the Lebanese government," said Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, who is in Lebanon for a one-day visit.

05 Feb 2021; MEMO: The organisers of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Gulf State's National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) to enhance the legacy of the football tournament, the Peninsula Qatar has reported.

23 Jan 2021; MEMO: Doha denied on Thursday holding meetings with Qatar, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, stressing that diplomatic relations were resumed solely through "written correspondences", Reuters reported.

10 Jan 2021; MEMO: Qatari vehicles crossed into Saudi Arabia through a land border on Saturday for the first time since Arab states severed diplomatic and transport ties with Doha in mid-2017, Saudi state TV said, following a deal this week to restore relations, Reuters reports.

"It's good the crisis has been resolved, and the warm welcome we had, and the happiness we see in our brothers," the driver of the second car to pass through the Abu Samra-Salwa crossing told Ekhbariya TV.