HE Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani chaired the Cabinet's regular meeting held via videoconference on Wednesday.

Following the meeting, HE the Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Dr. Issa bin Saad Al Jafali Al Nuaimi said the following statement:

At the outset of the meeting, the Cabinet listened to the explanation presented by HE the Minister of Public Health on the latest developments related to curbing the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and decided the following:

Amending the Cabinet's previous decision which suspended the provision of medical services in private health care facilities, except in emergency cases, and allowed any of these facilities to provide some of their medical services that can be provided through modern means of communication. The Cabinet decided to permit private health care facilities to provide their services not exceeding 50% of their capacity.

The decision is to go into effect as of Thursday April 29, 2021 until further notice.

Previous precautionary measures taken in order to combat this pandemic shall be continued.

Then, the Cabinet considered the topics listed on its agenda as follows:

The Cabinet approved a draft law on the measures related to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, and decided to refer it to the Shura Council.

The Cabinet approved a draft agreement between the government of the State of Qatar and the government of the Sultanate of Oman on the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of tax evasion with respect to taxes on income and capital.

The Cabinet took the necessary measures to ratify the maritime transport agreement between the government of the State of Qatar and the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

(QNA)