Virus-hit Qatar cautiously reopens public transport

Virus-hit Qatar cautiously reopens public transport

DOHA “” Qatar resumed bus and rail services on Tuesday for the first time since March, with reduced capacity and tough restrictions to limit the risk of coronavirus spreading between passengers.

At Doha's main Msheireb metro station, staff took travellers' temperatures and inspected their mandatory contact-tracing apps as they headed to the platforms.

The metro is limited to 30 per cent capacity, but AFP correspondents saw that uptake was far short of that on the first day of restored service.

"It's all for our safety so I think it's good,“ said Sri Lankan migrant worker Rajin as he rushed for a train into the city centre.

Qatar, home to 2.75 million people, has been faced with the world's highest per-capita caseload, with 188,994 infections since the beginning of the pandemic.

Officials say the high rate