Qatar admits invasive medical test carried out on foreigners at airport

  • Date: 30-Oct-2020
  • Source: Egypt Today
  • Sector:Transport
  • Country:Qatar
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Qatar admits invasive medical test carried out on foreigners at airport

FILE: A Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner airplane is pictured at Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, March 30, 2019. REUTERS/Alb







CAIRO – 30 October 2020: Qatar's Government Communications Office admitted that invasive medical examinations were carried out on some foreign women flying out of Doha in Hamad International Airport, in violation for standard procedures.

 

This comes as British diplomats have expressed concerns on the incident as two British women were among those who underwent