Second: Social Effects
: Initially, the closure of educational and religious institutions, including schools, mosques,
institutes and universities, and resorting to distance education, social distancing, and specifying study materials and
specific days for students to attend schools, have negatively affected the lives of many families - especially families reliant
on income from mothers working outside the home, who now had to juggle both childcare and work.
Hence, the profound economic and social implications of lockdowns have created a new lifestyle and working approach,
which appear to be enduring in the short and medium term as cases of infection continue to occur around the globe,
despite the experiences gained by public health professionals in the treatment of infected cases, working in conjunction
with governments in limiting its spread as well as the gradual rollout of vaccines. It is worth noting that the number of
infections around the world as of early January 2022 was about 306 million cases, of whom more than 85% had recovered.
However, more than 5.6 million people have died from the repercussions of the epidemic – and the number of directly
attributable fatalities would unquestionably have been much higher but for the imposition of lockdowns. In Qatar, as Table
(1) below- indicates, thanks to the great determination of government and service providers to deliver high-quality health
care, more than 113.3% of the population were tested, and the infections were treated, especially for those cases that
need intensive care, with the highest standards of efficiency and quality, both in terms of capabilities and medical devices
and at the level of human cadres. This led to a decline in the number of deaths, which totaled
618 cases
out of a total of
266,962 Covid-positive patients. Thanks to the dedicated efforts of medical staff, and the available capabilities in providing
vaccines, the total number of doses administered surpassed the number of the population by 185.4% which led to an
increase in the number of mild and recovered cases to about 92.7% of the total infections. The number of those who
received two doses totaled 86.4%. With such vaccination achievement rates, Qatar become one of the pioneers worldwide.
Table 1 of Box (1-3) - Qatar's related-Covid-19 information
Total numbers
As % of total number of
Population Tested
Infected
Population
2,846,118
100.0%
People tested for COVID-19
3,223,877
113.3%
100.0%
Number of doses of COVID-19 vaccine
given
5,275,659
185.4%
163.6%
Number of positive COVID-19
266,962
9.38%
8.28%
100.00%
Number of recovered patients
247,553
8.70%
7.68%
92.73%
Number of current active cases
18,791
0.66%
0.58%
7.04%
Currently under acute hospital care
532
0.02%
0.02%
0.20%
People currently in ICU
48
0.00%
0.00%
0.02%
Number of deaths
618
0.02%
0.02%
0.23%
Source: Qatar MOPH at https://covid19.moph.gov.qa/AR/Pages/default.aspx as of January 9th, 2022
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