Qatar Ministry of Public Health Circular No. 7/2021-1

Phase Four - Gradual Lifting of Covid19 - Precautionary Restrictions

From

Healthcare Facilities Licensing & Accreditation Department

To

All Healthcare Facilities in Qatar

Subject

Phase Four - Gradual Lifting of Covid19 - Precautionary Restrictions

Date

13 October 2021

As part of implementing phase four of lifting precautionary restrictions plan of COVID-19 pandemic, the following has been decided:

  • Private Healthcare facilities that are approved by MOPH to conduct COVID-19 swabbing and testing will now be permitted to conduct swabbing for the purpose of COVID-19 PCR or Rapid Antigen Test outside of their healthcare facility for the different indications except for the screening of close contacts of infected individuals, as this is solely the responsibility of the Ministry of Public Health.