In March and April this year when the COVID-19 began to spread in many countries and measures to control its spread were taken, experts warned of the second wave of the virus spread.
The recent re-emergence of the infection in form of new waves in many countries of the world which had eased the health restrictions shows credibility of the experts’ prediction and importance of the preventive measures which are being reimposed in these countries.
Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) stressed the need to continue implementing all precautionary and preventive measures and importance of the society cooperation in implementation of the health instructions and rules to prevent COVID-19 virus from returning in the form of a second wave.
The hike in the numbers of new cases in the past few days prompted the health authority to warn the public from another wave, in particular with the opening of workplaces and return of employees to work from offices.
A fact highlighted during a press conference held on Thursday by the Chair of the National Strategic Group on COVID-19, Dr. Abdullatif Al Khal, who is also the Head of the Infectious Diseases at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), who said that the increase in the number of new infections after a period of decline is due to lack of commitment of many individuals to preventive measures during Eid Al Adha vacation as most of the infections were among members of the same family.
The health officials and experts stressed repeatedly, controlling the spread of the virus among members of society depends on the awareness and cooperation of the society and commitment to the precautionary measures and safety rules.
Therefore the MoPH urged the society members to be committed to all preventive measures to protect the society to avert the return of the disease in the form of a second wave. The increase in the number of new cases during the past couple of days were attributed to the Eid Al Adha celebration which brought families and individuals together undermining the preventive measures.
Health authorities warned about a noticeable and worrying trend of increase, in recent days, among citizens and residents professionals and accordingly number of admissions to the hospital in the following days.
Director of Health Protection and Communicable Disease Control at the MoPH, Dr. Hamad Al Rumaihi, in the same press conference stressed that the next phase requires protection for vulnerable groups of the elderly and people with chronic diseases by establishing a safe zone at home for the elderly and people with chronic diseases.
