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Doha
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday banned shisha or hookah smoking in all restaurants and cafes operating in the country until further notice.
Earlier in the day, the Central Municipal Council had called on restaurants and cafeterias in Qatar to stop serving shishas as a preventive measure to contain the spread of coronavirus.
The managements of Souq Wakif and Katara Cultural Village had also directed outlets within its ambit to not serve shishas and hookahs for smoking.
This measure is the latest among a string of actions initiated by Qatar to deal with the global epidemic from spreading in the country. Qatar has so far confirmed 18 positive cases of coronavirus, but has taken strong measures, including suspension of all schools and universities and denying entry to people coming from countries that have reported a large number of coronavirus cases.
The novel coronavirus outbreak continues to spread globally, sparking a total lockdown across Italy and emergency measures worldwide, as markets recover from Monday's historic rout.
The virus, known as Covid-19, has now infected close to 113,000 people worldwide and resulted in more than 4,000 deaths. The majority of these cases are in mainland China, where the outbreak first emerged -- but the rate of infection has been slowing in the country, and the situation stabilizing, even as the virus wreaks havoc elsewhere
In an apparent show of confidence, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in virus-stricken Wuhan Tuesday, his first visit to the city at the epicenter of the global outbreak since the crisis began. The trip comes as Chinese authorities recorded 19 new cases, 17 of which were in Wuhan, and two were imported from overseas -- marking the third straight day of no locally transmitted cases outside Hubei, the province of which Wuhan is the capital. Of the country's 80,754 patients, nearly 60,000 have recovered and been discharged from hospitals.
Doha
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday banned shisha or hookah smoking in all restaurants and cafes operating in the country until further notice.
Earlier in the day, the Central Municipal Council had called on restaurants and cafeterias in Qatar to stop serving shishas as a preventive measure to contain the spread of coronavirus.
The managements of Souq Wakif and Katara Cultural Village had also directed outlets within its ambit to not serve shishas and hookahs for smoking.
This measure is the latest among a string of actions initiated by Qatar to deal with the global epidemic from spreading in the country. Qatar has so far confirmed 18 positive cases of coronavirus, but has taken strong measures, including suspension of all schools and universities and denying entry to people coming from countries that have reported a large number of coronavirus cases.
The novel coronavirus outbreak continues to spread globally, sparking a total lockdown across Italy and emergency measures worldwide, as markets recover from Monday's historic rout.
The virus, known as Covid-19, has now infected close to 113,000 people worldwide and resulted in more than 4,000 deaths. The majority of these cases are in mainland China, where the outbreak first emerged -- but the rate of infection has been slowing in the country, and the situation stabilizing, even as the virus wreaks havoc elsewhere
In an apparent show of confidence, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in virus-stricken Wuhan Tuesday, his first visit to the city at the epicenter of the global outbreak since the crisis began. The trip comes as Chinese authorities recorded 19 new cases, 17 of which were in Wuhan, and two were imported from overseas -- marking the third straight day of no locally transmitted cases outside Hubei, the province of which Wuhan is the capital. Of the country's 80,754 patients, nearly 60,000 have recovered and been discharged from hospitals.
