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The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has announced that the service of issuing birth certificates for newborns at all licensed government and private hospitals, as well as the works of the Births and Deaths Committee, will be suspended from March 22 until further notice.

However, the service of issuing death certificates by the Office of Humanitarian Services will continue, the MOPH noted. And for urgent cases and inquiries between 7am and 11.30am, one has to contact the Births and Deaths Committee headquarters, at 44070037 - 44070071.

MOPH added that the newborn registration offices that will be suspended include the Women's Wellness and Research Center, Al-Ahli Hospital, Sidra Medicine, Al Wakra Hospital, Al Khor Hospital, the Cuban Hospital, and Doha Clinic Hospital.