BUSINESS | Page 1 QATAR | Page 5 QFC eyeing more South Korea fi rms amid increasing NMoQ hosts Magnifi cent trade ties Jewels exhibition published in QATAR since 1978 TUESDAY Vol. XXXX No. 11336 October 15, 2019 Safar 16, 1441 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Amir meets Algerian ambassador In brief QATAR | Offi cial Amir holds phone Qatar launches fl u calls with Tunisian, Ecuadorian leaders His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani held yesterday evening a telephone conversation vaccination drive with Tunisian president-elect Dr Kais O Staff can be vaccinated at their worksites O Free vaccination available at Saied. The Amir congratulated him on his victory in the presidential HMC, PHCC health centres and select semi-government and private clinics elections, wishing him success. The Amir aff irmed Qatar’s standing By Joseph Varghese Preparedness Committee. include elderly people above the age of with Tunisia since the beginning Staff Reporter He was speaking at a press confer- 65, young children below fi ve, preg- of the revolution and its support ence at Al Waab Health Centre an- nant women and people with chronic for the aspirations of the brotherly nouncing the launch of the campaign. medical conditions,” she noted. Tunisian people, hailing the success bout 200,000 people are ex- Dr Hamad al-Romaihi, manager, Thousands of staff across the Qatar of Tunisia’s democratic experience. pected to have seasonal fl u jabs Health Protection and Communicable healthcare system have already re- Dr Saied expressed his thanks to His Aunder the national vaccination Diseases at MoPH; Dr Khalid Hamid ceived the vaccine in readiness for the Highness the Amir and appreciation campaign offi cially launched yester- Elawad, manager, Health Protection, season. to Qatar’s leadership and people, day. Preventive Health Directorate at the “Initial laboratory data indicates an His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met at the Amiri Diwan noting the deep fraternally relations The campaign is a joint initiative of PHCC and Dr Soha Albayat, head, early start to this year’s fl u season and off ice yesterday with the outgoing Algerian ambassador to Qatar Abdulaziz Saba. between the two countries and the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), Vaccination Section, MoPH, were also also point to it being more severe than The Amir granted the ambassador Al Wajbah Decoration in recognition of his eff orts peoples. the Primary Health Care Corporation present. last year, so it is extremely important and role in contributing to enhancing bilateral relations, wishing him success in his O His Highness the Amir Sheikh (PHCC) and Hamad Medical Corpora- “This year we have ordered that people take action and get vac- future missions, and the relations between the two countries further progress and Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani held tion (HMC). 200,000 doses of vaccine as last cinated, especially those at high risk prosperity. For his part, the Algerian ambassador expressed thanks and appreciation a telephone conversation with “The infl uenza season starts with year’s campaign was highly success- for fl u complications. Flu is a serious to the Amir and the State’s off icials for the co-operation he received that contributed Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno the onset of winter months and peo- ful. Based on our experience from last disease that can lead to hospitalisation to the success of his work in the country. yesterday evening. The phone call ple get aff ected especially in the colder year we have planned for this year. If and sometimes, even death. Vaccina- dealt with the latest developments in months. This year, we had witnessed there is still demand for more, we are tion to prevent infl uenza is particularly Ecuador. President Moreno briefed a major attack of infl uenza a bit early ready to bring more doses,” explained important for people who are at high Sheikh Joaan honours Barshim the Amir on the current situation and the campaign aims to reach out to Dr al-Romaihi. risk for the fl u and its complications,” in Ecuador. The Amir expressed a good section of the public as early as Dr Albayat highlighted the eff orts explained Dr al-Khal. Qatar’s support for the eff orts made possible,” said Dr Abdullatif al-Khal, to reach out to more people. “Last Dr al-Romaihi said that this year the by President Moreno to maintain HMC’s deputy chief medical offi cer year we had ordered for more doses as ministry has brought in a new vaccine security and stability in his country, and head of Infectious Diseases and there was high demand. We are trying which is more eff ective. “The theme aff irming the depth of the friendship co-chair of the National Pandemic to reach out to high-risk people. They of the infl uenza vaccine campaign this relations and co-operation between year is fi ght the fl u and to make the the two countries. infl uenza vaccine easily accessible to everyone again this year; the vaccine QATAR | Dialogue is available for free across all PHCC health centres, and at private and Global Security Forum semi-governmental health centres. kicks off in Doha today Through this, the Ministry of Public Under the patronage of HE the Prime Health is building a strong partner- Minister and Minister of Interior ship with private healthcare provid- Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin ers to increase levels of immunisation Khalifa al-Thani, the Global Security against the fl u in our community,” Forum 2019 will kick off in Doha noted Dr al-Romaihi. today. The two-day forum will discuss Dr Elawad said vaccination has the security challenges posed by proved reduction in the risk of fl u ill- the current misinformation and the ness, and a growing body of research serious implications of this trend evidence supports the fact that vacci- and its impact on a world where nation also reduces the risk of serious HE the President of Qatar Olympic Committee Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al-Thani communications are increasingly Off icials announcing the launch of the vaccination campaign yesterday. fl u outcomes that can result in hospi- honours Qatar’s high jump champion Mutaz Barshim at a ceremony in Doha evolving. PICTURE: Thajudheen talisation and even death. To Page 6 yesterday. Pakistan’s lone participant clinches wrestling gold By Sahan Bidappa Doha e was Pakistan’s lone participant at the ANOC World Beach Games. And he Hdidn’t disappoint his fans back home. Mohamed Inam produced a scintillating per- formance to clinch the 90kg gold in beach wres- tling, beating Georgia’s Dato Marsagishvili at Katara Beach yesterday. Inam lived up to his top billing as the two-time world beach wrestling champion by clinching a 5-2 win. He was dominant throughout as he won all his matches to top the Group A, before win- ning his semi-fi nal and fi nal bouts. Inam is a double Commonwealth Games gold medallist (2010, 2018) in 84 and 86kg freestyle and has received the Pride of Performance award from the government of Pakistan. He had qualifi ed for the Qatar Beach Worlds after fi n- Kevin Vinuela of Spain, gold medallist (centre) flanked by the silver and Spain’s Francisca Tous (centre), winner of the gold medal in Aquathlon ishing as runner-up in a qualifying tournament bronze winners in the Aquathlon (Men) at Katara Beach yesterday. (Women) flanked by the silver and bronze medallists. in Rio, Brazil, in May. In the semis, Inam recorded an easy 3-0 win ing myself, and then also teaching and training winner of the women’s race in 29:38. nestrina of Finland also making the podium in over Pedro Jacinto Garcia Perez of Spain. His other juniors at my gym is tough. I picked up an Belarus netted a full set of medals across second place after nailing a 49.3m jump. toughest bout was in the fi nal, where Marsa- injury almost two months ago and underwent the two Waterski Jump events, with a gold The men’s bouldering gold was won by Ja- gishvili looked to pull off a shock result. The surgery,” Inam said. and bronze in the women’s and silver in the pan’s 20-year-old world bouldering champion Georgian took a 2-0 lead with just a point more Meanwhile, Spain enjoyed another golden men’s. Kai Harada with a total score of 3,132 points at required to win gold, but Inam was not the one double yesterday after Kevin Vinuela and Fran- After a disappointing showing in the prelimi- the Aspire. His Japanese teammate Keita Wat- to give up so easily. cisca Tous won the men’s and women’s aquath- nary event, fi nishing bottom of the six qualify- abe took silver, while bronze went to Germany’s The Pakistani made it 2-2 with two throws, Mohamed Inam... champion wrestler lon events yesterday. ing skiers, Aliaksandra Danisheuskaya rallied to Philipp Martin. and with seconds remaining in the fi rst period, In a physically challenging event, which con- produce a spectacular winning jump of 49.5m The women’s bouldering event was also won produced a 3-point takedown to clinch a thrill- “I trained very hard for this after missing the sists a 2.5 kilometre run, a 750 metre swim and a to claim the water ski jump gold at the Leqtafi ya by a Japanese, with Miho Nonaka cruising to ing contest. Ahead of his trip to Doha, Inam had World Wrestling Championship in Kazakhstan second 2.5 kilometres on the pavement, the two Lagoon.