In the past the new cases each day were around 7-13 but two days ago it was 28, a worrying sign. Well yesterday has 44 new cases and they just announced today another 59 cases. Qatar now has 693 cases of covid-19. Looks like things are ramping up and a wave of cases are about to appear. Recoveries are still slow, just 3 today (and 51 total), which means many people have had the virus for at least 19 days. No new deaths though thankfully.
The Ministry says most of the new cases are from Qataris returning from abroad, especially the UK, and from people who were in contact with the returnees. Looks like people still don't understand what "self-quarantine" is, it means distance yourself from family members as well. And the Government continues to arrest Qataris who violate self-quarantine, 16 were arrested. It's good that the Government is arresting people.
I just don't get it -- why aren't people understanding the importance of this? Stay home! Isolate yourself if you are supposed to self-quarantine.
I'm on 11 days of not leaving the apartment, except to throw the trash out, and while I planned to do some grocery shopping next week it can wait if need be, I will still have supplies (though in a couple of weeks I might have to rely on multi-vitamins for some nutritional needs).
Stay safe everyone.
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