Qatar banned social gatherings and deployed enforcement measures including checkpoints and mobile police patrols as part of an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Event Location
Qatar , Qatar
Start Time
21 March 2020, 12:00 AM
End Time
31 March 2020, 12:00 AM
Qatar's Government Communications Office (GCO) said it would deploy mobile patrols and set up checkpoints after enacting a ban on Saturday, 21 March on all gatherings to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Ministry of Interior representative Colonel Hassan Al Kuwari, director of Central Operations at the Ministry of Interior, said at a press conference announcing the measures Saturday. “If there is more than one person in a car, they will be stopped and questioned.”
The Supreme Committee for Crisis Management said a hotline would be opened for people to report breaches of the ban, and that violators would be arrested.
The Gulf state also closed its parks and public beaches, but said food outlets, pharmacies and delivery services would operate normally.
Till March 21, Qatar had recorded 481 cases of the coronavirus, but no deaths.
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