Coronavirus: How the Saudi-led blockade prepared Qatar for the pandemic

TY - ADVS

T1 - Coronavirus: How the Saudi-led blockade prepared Qatar for the pandemic

A2 - Krieg, Andreas

PY - 2020/4/2

Y1 - 2020/4/2

N2 - Looking at the Gulf region, supermarket shelves seem to be filled and panic buying has been widely absent. Most remarkably, Qatar - a tiny, albeit extremely wealthy, tribal monarchy - has proven to be resilient despite the Covid-19 crisis hitting the peninsula at a time when it remains subject to an air, land and sea blockade by its neighbours in place for nearly three years.

AB - Looking at the Gulf region, supermarket shelves seem to be filled and panic buying has been widely absent. Most remarkably, Qatar - a tiny, albeit extremely wealthy, tribal monarchy - has proven to be resilient despite the Covid-19 crisis hitting the peninsula at a time when it remains subject to an air, land and sea blockade by its neighbours in place for nearly three years.

M3 - Web publication/site

PB - Middle East Eye

ER -