Qatar at the Peak of the Infection, Part 3
Ongoing Efforts to Curb the Coronavirus: Fear, Frustration, Fatigue, & Family Infections May Recap: The month of May saw public health concerns collide with cultural norms associated with Ramadan and the Eid-al-Fitr holiday. Ramadan began on April 23 with the Eid holiday in Qatar beginning on May 24 and ending on May 30. Government officials warned people to continue to stay-at-home during this season and avoid any inter-family meals, visits, or celebrations. It continued to ban congregational prayer at mosques. While it relaxed the rules on take-a-way meals from restaurants, it continued precautionary measures. As Eid approached, officials imposed further pre-cautionary measures to curb the spread of the virus. They required people to wear masks when they left their homes, to install a contact notification app called EHTERAZ to help people learn when they had had close contact with an infected person, and limit the number of persons in ...