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COVID-19: MADLSA issues directives to companies to protect workers Six hours a day work for Amir, ’s Sarraj discuss ways to construction workers combat COVID-19 QNA Employers told to reduce of observing good personal hy- QNA gatherings in workplace and giene by reminding them to wash Doha their hands regularly, cover their The Ministry of Administrative housing accommodation mouth with elbow if coughing The Amir HH Tamim bin Development, Labor and Social or sneezing and to avoid touch- Hamad al Thani on Thursday held a Affairs (MADLSA) has directed They must raise awareness ing their faces; and the need for telephone conversation with Chair- employers in the private sector to worker representatives/welfare man of the Presidential Council of restrict the working hours for con- among workers about COVID-19 officers who can communicate in the Government of National Accord of struction workers to six hours a precautionary measures workers’ languages to encourage Libya Fayez al Sarraj. day until further notice. them to share information and During the call, they discussed The ministry on Thursday is- perspectives, ask questions, and the close cooperation relations be- sued a set of directives that com- BATTLE verify information. tween the two countries and the ways panies operating in the private AGAINST The directives issued to com- of enhancing them. sector must follow in the work panies also included increasing Fayez al Sarraj briefed the Amir on and places of accommodation to COVID-19 frequency of routine cleaning and the latest developments on the situa- protect workers, as part of preven- sanitation of areas with high hu- tion in Libya, and the efforts made to tive and precautionary measures the exchange of information. workers from the virus. levels regarding tackling the COV- man contact in worksites, accom- establish and enhance security and to limit the spread of coronavirus These measures also include The ministry stressed that em- ID-19. modation, bus, bathrooms, kitch- stability. The Amir affirmed Qatar’s (COVID-19). emphasis on reducing gatherings ployers should exchange informa- They must emphasise on the ens, canteens and other places firm and supportive stance to the As per the directives, the em- in the work places and residences tion and increase workers’ aware- importance to taking temperature used by workers. brotherly Libyan people and its sup- ployers must raise the workers’ and applying preventive and occu- ness of the procedures adopted regularly and monitoring respira- port for the internationally-recognised awareness of the procedures and pational safety measures to protect at the company and government tory symptoms; the importance Continued on page 2  government of national accord. Also, the call touched on the efforts made by Qatar and Libya to combat the coronavirus by limiting ‘Qatar making and preventing its spread, and the ways of cooperation in this field. 114 more test positive for collective efforts virus, one more recovers to beat virus’ Qatar is adopting a collec- tive approach in combating PM chairs Supreme coronavirus (COVID-19), with Committee for Crisis combining all of the govern- mental and civil efforts in a Management meet significant cooperation with World Health Organisation Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE (WHO), Minister of Public Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz al Health HE Dr Hanan Mo- Thani, Chairman of the Supreme Committee hammed al Kuwari has said. for Crisis Management, on Thursday chaired SJC, MoI start remote This came as Kuwari took the third meeting of the Supreme Commit- part in a meeting held by tee for Crisis Management on combating the WHO Regional Office for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to follow court hearings the Eastern Mediterranean up the progress of the work of the national QNA nology and using advanced Tribune News Network are receiving necessary medical care. through remote communica- executive plan to combat this virus and Doha systems. Doha The MoPH said it conducted COV- tion technologies to discuss related developments. President of Court of ID-19 tests on 1,435 people on Thurs- the latest developments of The meeting reviewed the progress The Supreme Judicial Council First Instance Judge Ayedh Qatar on Thursday saw 114 new cases day, bringing the total number of tests to coronavirus. made in addressing COVID-19 and protect- (SJC), in cooperation with the bin Saad al Qahtani praised of coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the to- 26,260 so far. Kuwari highlighted the ing society from its effects through preven- Ministry of the Interior, on the constructive cooperation tal to 949, the Ministry of Public Health One more person recovered from the importance for diagnosis tive and precautionary measures, in addi- Thursday started the remote between the SJC and the (MoPH) has announced. virus, taking the total recoveries to 72. and early intervention to tion to discussing topics on the meeting’s trial service as part of preven- Ministry of Interior in this One more person also succumbed to the The MoPH announced the third COV- curb an outbreak of the dis- agenda in health, education and economy tive measures taken by the regard, especially the Verdict virus, taking the death toll to three in Qatar. ID-19 death of an 85-year-old resident ease. She emphasized the sectors. The meeting praised the efforts state to combat the coronavi- Execution Department, In a statement, the MoPH said some who was suffering from acute pneumonia. importance of enhancing of various sectors and the togetherness to rus (COVID-19). the General Directorate of of the new cases are related to travellers The deceased was admitted to intensive international cooperation overcome this crisis. The meeting, held at The service was activated Information Systems, and who returned to Qatar from abroad and care immediately upon his diagnosis on to ensure decreasing the the National Leadership Headquarters, was experimentally in the building the Communications De- were subjected to quarantine upon arriv- Wednesday, and treatment and medical impact of COVID-19 on the attended by members of the committee, of the Court of First Instance, partment of the Ministry of al. Other new cases were in contact with care was provided to him immediately. most-affected countries with including ministers, heads of bodies, and through video calling tech- Interior. page 2 positive cases in Qatar. All the newly-in- The ministry extended condolences and this global pandemic. (QNA) senior officials in the state.(Q NA) fected cases were put into quarantine and sympathy to the family of the deceased.

QC donates food items Qatar funds employment of 100 medics in Gaza to Kenyan community The Qatari Committee for the Reconstruc- be carried out in cooperation with the rel- tion of Gaza, in cooperation and coordina- evant government agencies, headed by the Qatar Charity has delivered a consign- tion with Qatar Fund for Development, will Palestinian Ministry of Health. He pointed ment of food items to feed over 500 finance the employment of 100 medical out that the project, which aims to support Kenyan households in Qatar amid the personnel including doctors and nurses in the Ministry of Health personnel in the COVID -19 pandemic. The consignments the Gaza Strip as temporary employment Strip, comes within the grant of the Amir of sugar, oil, rice, salt, rice, flour, canned for six months to cover the shortfall expe- Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani to the tuna, concentrated milk, teabags, pasta rienced by hospitals and health centres in Gaza Strip, at a value of $150 million. The and baked green and white beans were the Gaza Strip to tackle the outbreak of Palestinian Ministry of Health had urged delivered to the Kenyan embassy by coronavirus (COVID-19). the international community to provide Qatar Charity Humanitarian Affairs Expert Chairman of the Qatari Committee for for its health requirements to tackle the Executive Management of International the Reconstruction of Gaza Ambassador coronavirus, explaining that Gaza medical Development Mohammed Aderdor. The Mohammed al Emadi said the process of teams are currently working with limited packages will be distributed to the needy employing medical personnel, including resources and capabilities and they are in in the Kenyan community. doctors and nurses, in the Gaza Strip will need of urgent support and help. (QNA) —Catherine W Gichuki page 2