Qatar’s cabinet instructed private sector companies in the state to direct 80 percent of their staff to work from home to help reduce the spread of coronavirus.
Event Location
Qatar, Qatar
Start Time
03 April 2020, 12:00 AM
End Time
03 April 2020, 12:00 AM
Qatari government told private firms to direct 80 percent of their staff to work from home to help decrease the spread of coronavirus, state news agency QNA reported.
Effective on Thursday for an initial two weeks, the step allows exceptions in some vital sectors. These include the military and security, the ministry of foreign affairs and diplomatic missions, health care, oil and gas, plus some government employees and workers on national flagship projects.
The working day will be cut to six hours, from 7:00a.m. to 1:00p.m., excluding grocery stores, pharmacies and restaurants. Household cleaning services will be suspended, QNA reported, and the number of workers transported by bus halved.
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