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Qatar confirms its first Coronavirus case

Doha

The Ministry of Public Health announced today the first confirmed case of coronavirus 2019 (Covid -19) in the country.

The ministry said, in a statement, that the confirmed case is a 36- year- old Qatari citizen, who had recently returned from Iran, along with other citizens Qatar evacuated on a private plane from Iran and were subjected to quarantine on arrival on Thursday. 

The ministry statement said that the patient has been admitted to the CDC in complete isolation and is in stable condition.