According to the Director of The Labour Inspection Department at the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour, and Social Affairs (MADLSA), Fahd Zafir al-Dossari told Qatar TV yesterday that the department will intensify its inspection campaigns inside both the old and new industrial areas as a portion of the Covid-19 preventive and preparatory convention.

The department will also monitor closely to guarantee all the measures against Covid-19 are followed entirely at work locales, workers’ convenience, and inside the means of transportation, in specific wearing face masks, gloves, and keeping the adequate social and physical distances for the health and safety of all.

“Those companies not following the stipulations will be penalized, which include blocking them, issuing of violations, or referring to the security department concerned,” Dossari added. He said that MADLSA inspectors have been in constant communication with both workers and business owners to ensure they are well-aware of all the necessary protection and preventive measures and how to apply them.

MADLSA in co-operation with the Ministry of Transport and Communications earlier had launched an initiative to supply workers at Mekainas, health quarantine with 1,136 computers to facilitate their communication with their families and others.