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Doha: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry is conducting daily inspections on all malls, cafes and other commercial outlets in different areas of the country to ensure implementation of preventive measures to limit the spread of coronavirus.
“We have a special department for inspection that performs daily inspections on all commercial complexes in all areas in Qatar. We will spare no effort in preserving the safety of citizens,” said Hassan Issa Al Mohannadi, Head of the Registration and Commercial Licenses Department at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
Speaking to Qatar Radio recently, he said: “We are constantly monitoring malls, restaurants, cafes and others, to make sure that they are applying all preventive measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.”
The daily inspection campaigns carried out by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry come after the great success achieved by the Ministry of Public Health in reducing daily cases infected with coronavirus.
On preventive measures, Al Mohannadi said: “Malls and commercial centres must continue adhering to preventive measures to prevent the spread of the virus, as many procedures are confirmed in all complexes before the entrance of shoppers.”
“The commercial complexes do not allow any shopper to enter before making sure of some procedures like a visitor can enter only after showing a green status on the Ehtraz app. Also, people without face masks are not allowed entrance to complexes and visitors are required to wear them throughout the time they stay in the premises of any shopping complex,” he said, adding that measuring the temperature of visitors at the entrances and not allowing individuals whose temperature exceeds 38 degrees Celsius to enter the mall are also compulsory.
Al Mohannadi emphasised that these commercial malls are providing sanitisers in all malls and raise awareness of the need for shoppers to adhere to the procedures especially social distance.
As part of first stage of the fourth phase of the gradual lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, the Ministry had issued guidelines for malls and other shopping centres. At the start of September, Ministry had allowed the reopening of food courts in commercial complexes, provided that the number of customers does not exceed 30 percent of the normal capacity.
