Doha: Qatar plans to reimpose a four-tier plan of Covid-19 restrictions depending on the extent of virus spread in the country.
This was announced by Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, Chair of the National Health Strategic Group on COVID-19 and Head of Infectious Diseases at Hamad Medical Corporation in a joint press conference by the senior officials from MoPH, MoI and MoCI telecast on Qatar Television.
Dr Khal announced that there has been a significant increase in Covid infections and daily hospital admissions in Qatar, which could be an early indicator of a possible second wave of the pandemic in the country.
Explaining the four-tier plan, Dr Al Khal said first restrictions are imposed on high-risk activities and at the second level restrictions are on medium-risk activities, followed by more restrictions in third level if the numbers go up with the final level plan being complete closure.
It was decided to implement most of the restrictions from the second level of the plan, with some exceptions.
He further stated that the ministry adopts six indicators to measure the extent of virus’s spread and to take appropriate decisions - the overall rate of positive daily examinations, the percentage of positive screening in randomized surveys, the number of severe injuries daily that are hospitalized, the number of daily critical cases admitted to intensive care units, a 14-day cumulative incidence rate per 100,000 and reproductive number (Rt).
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