The first case of coronavirus infection of a new type was recorded on Saturday in Qatar.
This was reported by the Qatar News Agency with reference to the Ministry of Health of the country..
According to him, a coronavirus was found in a 36-year-old citizen of Qatar, who recently returned to the country among those evacuated from Iran..
On December 31, 2019, Chinese authorities announced an outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan. The causative agent of the disease is a new type of coronavirus, which is officially named Covid-2019.
To date, cases of coronavirus have been identified in more than 50 countries..