Doha: Police patrols on roads and neighbourhoods will be increased to catch those violating precautionary measures, said Brigadier Abdullah Khalifa Al Muftah, Director of the Public Relations Department at the Ministry of Interior (MoI).
Dr Muftah announced this in a joint press conference along with Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, Chair of the National Health Strategic Group on COVID-19 and Head of Infectious Diseases at Hamad Medical Corporation and MoCI telecast on Qatar Television.
“The total number of violators of the precautionary measures reached 14513, including nearly 10,000 violators in the past three months alone,” added Brigadier Al Muftah.
He also said that an application must be submitted to hold weddings from next Sunday. Qatar also announced a plan to reimpose four-tier plan of Covid-19 restrictions.
Today Qatar Cabinet had announced not to hold wedding parties in closed and open spaces until further notice, this excludes home or majlis weddings, in the presence of no more than 10 people in closed places and 20 people in open spaces who are relatives of the spouses.
People need to notify the Ministry of Interior of the date and place of the wedding ceremony and pledging to abide by the procedures and precautionary measures according to the mechanism determined by the ministry.
