This came in a tweet of the Emir of Qatar on his official page on the social networking site, Twitter, where he said in a comment on the photos: “During my visit today to the Research and Development Center of the Ministry of Defense, I learned about the artificial respirators that our engineers succeeded in developing in cooperation with our strategic partners, which are in urgent need. To it these days because of the Corona epidemic. ”
For his part, the government communication office in Qatar published a picture of Sheikh Tamim’s visit, in a comment in which he said: “His Highness, the Emir of the Country, briefed the Emir today on the production lines of artificial respirators in the Barzan Holding Company of the Ministry of Defense, which aims to cover the requirements of the local health sector and export abroad In response to the Corona virus fight, the company’s production is estimated at 2,000 devices per week.
It is reported that, according to figures issued by the Health Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, the number of Corona virus cases recorded in Qatar amounted to 12.564 thousand cases with the recovery of 1243 cases, until 11:00 pm on Wednesday, Mecca time.