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MoPH conflict of interest

The total recoveries stand at 8,513, with the reported 21 deaths representing a significantly lower death rate than any other country with a similar number of cases.

This is sourced to an MoPH URL ending in .qa, causing me to fear the worst (now flagged for "better source needed").

It took no time at all to confirm that this is basically not true.

Worldometer — for 23 May 2020

            deaths  recovered    active 
Singapore       23     13,882    17,163
Qatar           21      8,513    33,679

The backlog of active cases should largely be discounted in discussion of resolution rates, and would be by a neutral source. — MaxEnt 21:12, 24 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't get the point you are making in.^[1]

Besides, you cite Worldometers.info, but that in itself cites MoPH, which you question. Bloomberg also reported on the low death rates.^[2]

References

^ "Talk:COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar", Wikipedia, 2020-05-24, retrieved 2020-05-25
^ "Bloomberg - Are you a robot?". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-05-25. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)

Anomalously low death figures

The Qatari government gives some supposed reasons for 'one of the lowest COVID-19 death rates in the world' [1], the most plausible of which is age distribution of mostly males, but they aren't credible when compared to reported cases. It's clear cases include 'expatriate workers', but I've not seen anything stating if the figures only count deaths of Qatari citizens.

These could go in the June section: the 'first' death among 1,102 cases in workers on stadium projects was reported to have happened on 11 June[2][3], and a foreign death apparently with a different employer on 10 June[4]. The stats released on 12 June[5] mention no deaths. I don't think that counts as original research, but some more authoritative explanation would be preferable.

I'd have no problem citing figures directly from Ministry of Public Health, but it could do with clarification or scepticism about deaths. --Cedders^tk 17:11, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Talk:COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar", Wikipedia, 2020-05-24, retrieved 2020-05-25

[2] "Bloomberg - Are you a robot?". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-05-25. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)

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