Qatar confirms first coronavirus case

  • Date: 29-Feb-2020
  • Source: Khaleej Times
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:Qatar
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Qatar confirms first coronavirus case

Umm Al Quwain |. Qatar confirms first coronavirus case. Filed on February 29, 2020 | Last updated on February 29, 2020 at 04.32 pm. The health ministry said the infected patient had been admitted to hospital.. Qatar has confirmed its first case of coronavirus, state media reported Saturday, after a 36-year-old Qatari woman who was evacuated to Doha from Iran tested positive.�. Qatar on Thursday repatriated a number of its citizens from Iran - which is battling the worst outbreak outside China - and confined them to a 14-day period of quarantine, the government said.. The health ministry said the infected patient had been admitted to hospital.. "This had been expected because of the virus's spread across the region and other countries, alongside the exponential increase in the number of cases," the health ministry said according to the Qatar News Agency.. ERROR: Macro /ads/dfp-ad-article-new is missing!. The health authorities are still monitoring the health condition of.... The health ministry said the infected patient had been admitted to.... Wide-ranging efforts to halt spread of illness threatening jobs,.... Top officials from two UAE ministries are announcing details about.... Apex bank sets up committee along with UAE Banks Federation.. 612 people involved