The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) will sign contracts this week with 14 companies to raise the strategic stock of food and consumer goods in the country.
This was announced by HE the Spokesperson of the Supreme Committee for Crisis Management Lolwah bint Rashid bin Mohamed al-Khater Tuesday at a press conference.
“This is within the framework of Qatar’s plan to secure the flow of imports to the local market of food and consumer goods and supplies in sufficient quantities at reasonable prices and in high quality to meet the needs of citizens and residents,” she explained.
HE al-Khater stressed that all the materials are sufficiently available, and urged the residents not to crowd into supermarkets and foodstuff stores as part of the preventive measures against the novel coronavirus (Covid-19).
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