New variants more contagious and serious; health officials urge all to get vaccinated

Doha: Senior health officials in Qatar urged unvaccinated people to get their vaccine as “more people are vaccinated and protected from the virus, greater the chances of winning the long-term battle against COVID-19.”

The health officials said in messages posted on social media that the new variants of the virus are more contagious and more serious, so it is more important than ever to get vaccinated. “The new variants of the virus are more contagious and more serious, so it is more important than ever to get vaccinated. I would ask these people to think about the way in which the virus has negatively affected all our lives for almost a year and a half and ask them to understand that the vaccines provide a route out of this pandemic,” Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, Chair of the National Health Strategic Group on COVID-19 and Head of Infectious Diseases at Hamad Medical Corporation.