The Ministry of Public Health as reported an additional 64 cases today, bringing the total to 401. Sadly it will likely continue to increase.
The only question is when will it peak? If you look at other countries that had the virus spread rapidly earlier (South Korea, Italy, now Spain and Germany) when they reached this point it was the beginning of the sharp rise in cases, within a week it was thousands of cases. One week ago in Qatar it was only 15 cases.
Further restrictions have just been announced. Cancelling all public transport, mandating that people over 55 and people with health issues can work from home, mandatory 14-day quarantine for anyone coming into the country (if they allowed in at all, it might be that just Qatari citizens will be allowed in now).
Qatar might peak at a smaller number, the country is small, mostly one city, and people were starting to be careful over a week ago, even before significant cancelling of events etc started. Was it enough and in time? One can hope.
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