TOTAL PRIZES MORE THAN QAR 8 MILLION OPEN AL DANA ACCOUNT! THE BIGGEST MEGA PRIZE QAR 2.5 MILLION Offer valid from 5th of March 2020 to 31st January 2021 INDIVIDUAL PRIZE IN QATAR! 2 WINNERS QAR 1 MILLION EACH 457 LUCKY WINNERS QatarTribune Qatar_Tribune QatarTribuneChannel qatar_tribune MONDAY JUNE 22, 2020 DHU AL-QA’da 1, 1441 VOL.13 NO. 4979 QR 2 Fajr: 3:15 am Dhuhr: 11:36 am FINE Asr: 2:58 pm Maghrib: 6:30 pm HIGH : 40°C LOW : 32°C Isha: 8:00 pm World 7 Business 9 Sports 11 China bans some US Pvt sector playing vital Iraqi football legend chicken, shuts Pepsi role in securing market Ahmed Radhi succumbs plant to fight virus needs: Sharqi to COVID-19 Shura panel studies Lab capacity for Solar eclipse wows skywatchers draft law on media Skywatchers witnessed a dramatic partial solar eclipse over Qatar sky on Sunday. The annular solar eclipse started at 7.13 am local time and reached its activities, journalism maximum phase at 8.30 am with the Moon covering 80 percent of the solar disc. QNA daily COVID-19 The eclipse concluded at 10.01 am, lasting two hours and 28 minutes, according DOHA to Qatar Calendar House. Annular eclipses occur when the Moon — passing between Earth and the Sun — is not quite close enough to our planet to SHURA Council’s joint committee completely obscure sunlight, leaving a thin ring of the solar disc visible. comprising the Legal and Legislative Affairs and Cultural and Information tests to reach Affairs Committees on Sunday exam- ined a draft law regulating journalism, publishing, media activities, and arts. The draft law includes 74 articles 30K by July-end and has provisions regulating journal- ism and media, publishing houses, and the distribution of publications, movie theaters, private broadcast Medical Laboratory Department launches two labs stations, advertising, public relations, TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK increased 75 times since the start of and media services offices. DOHA the pandemic. The committee, chaired by its The laboratories also provide se- Rapporteur Nasser bin Rashid bin THE daily laboratory capacity for rological tests to deliver rapid results Saria Al Kaabi, decided to resume COVID-19 tests will reach 30,000 by within 10 to 15 minutes. There is a studying the draft law at its next the end of July. At present, laboratory laboratory serological test, which takes meeting. capacity stood at 20,000 daily tests. approximately one hour, whereby in This was revealed by Dr Einas Al these serological tests, consideration Kuwari, Head of the Department of is given to following the medical pro- Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at tocols of methods of use. Hamad Medical Cooperation (HMC), Dr Al Kuwari announced the launch Qatar condemns UK on Sunday. of two new laboratories by the Medical Hamad Medical Laboratories per- Laboratory Department of HMC. stabbing incident form various tests to diagnose COV- In addition to the main virus labo- ID-19, including polymerase chain ratory, two laboratories were opened QATAR has con- reaction (PCR) tests and serological to examine coronavirus in both Com- demned the stab- tests, each of which has its uses ac- municable Diseases Center (CDC) and bing incident in cording to medical protocols. Hamad General Hospital in order to Reading, south- Dr Al Kuwari said Hamad Medical increase the capacity and to ensure ern England, Laboratories, under the umbrella of that work continues in any emergency which resulted the Hamad Medical Corporation and without stopping. in a number the Ministry of Public Health, are the There are also four laboratories of deaths and main laboratories that are conduct- dedicated to coronavirus tests, which injuries. ing coronavirus tests. Hamad Medical perform PCR tests and is used for Daily COVID-19 cases In a statement on Sunday, the Laboratories have conducted at least emergency and urgent case. This test Ministry of Foreign Affairs renewed Qa- 300,000 tests since the start of the takes two hours, she said. These labo- tar’s firm position, rejecting violence, pandemic. ratories are located in Hamad General terrorism, and criminal acts regardless The testing laboratory worked at Hospital, Al Khor Hospital, Al Wakra drop below 1,000 of the motives and reasons. the beginning of the pandemic around Hospital and the Cuban Hospital. The statement offered Qatar’s the clock with an initial operating ca- She stressed that Hamad Medical TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK condolences to the families of the vic- pacity of 16 percent compared to the Laboratories were able to overcome DOHA tims, the government, and the people current operating capacity of 100 per- the challenges that emerged with the of the United Kingdom, wishing the cent of male and female employees. beginning of the corona pandemic by IN a positive development, the number of peo- injured a speedy recovery. (QNA) She pointed out that Hamad providing all the equipment and re- ple identified daily as infected with coronavirus Medical Laboratories worked hard to sources required to conduct the tests (COVID-19) dropped below 1,000 in Qatar on provide the latest advanced technical accurately, thanks to the support from Sunday. devices to ensure the speed of test re- the country that provided everything The last 24 hours saw 881 people testing sults taking into account quality and needed to facilitate the work and in- positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Edu ministry approves safety, as the number of daily checks crease the absorptive capacity of the country, bringing the total number of active to detect coronavirus using PCR tests laboratories. cases to 18,952. programmes of US As many as 1,556 people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours, bringing the total and UK universities number of recovered people in Qatar to 68,319. Sadly, four more people – aged 37, 55, 61 THE Minister of Education and Higher Educa- and 69 years – succumbed to the virus, taking tion has approved the delivery in Qatar of the death toll in the country to 98. undergraduate and graduate programmes The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) of- offered by prestigious US and UK universities fered condolences and sympathy to the families beginning fall 2020. The programmes are of the deceased. managed by the Global Studies Institute, a In a statement, the ministry said eight more Qatari education enterprise based in Doha patients were admitted to intensive care due to in collaboration with Shorelight Technologies. health complications resulting from infection Programmes will be offered at the Aspire with the virus, bringing the total number of cas- Zone Foundation using live lectures from se- es that are currently in critical care to 221. lect universities from the US or UK. PAGE 2 Roads and infra project work in Al QRCS excels in managing Mekaines Egda Al Heedan and Al Khor begins quarantine facility for workers THE Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has started the Roads and Doha Municipality Infrastructure Project in Al Egda Al Heedan and Al Khor (Package 1) QATAR Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has made which is located west of Al Bayt Stadium and covers Al Egda area to beautifies mall better-than-expected results in managing the work- the west of Al Khor Road and Al Heedan area to the east. The project intersection (PG 2) ers’ quarantine facility in Mekaines. As the COVID-19 aims to develop internal streets in the area and provide infrastructure crisis began, the Ministry of Public Health assigned facilities such as storm water and foul sewer drainage networks to the operation of the facility to QRCS. The Mekaines respond to residents’ needs and the urban growth. Project Engineer quarantine facility receives the cases referred from Eng Hamad Al Badr said the project provides services for 738 new Hamad Medical Corporation, secures all requirements residential plots. The project includes developing a road network with MME distributes local for comfortable and safe accommodation, and keeps a total length of 19 km street lighting, road signs and road markings, dates to charitable the inmates, particularly those with chronic diseases, as well as other road safety elements. PAGE 2 organisations (PG 2) under constant observation. (TNN) PAGE 15 02 Monday, June 22, 2020 Contact US: Qatar Tribune I EDITORIAL I Phone: 40002222 I ADMINISTRATION & MARKETING I Phone: 40002155, 40002122, Fax: 40002235 P.O. Box: 23493, Doha. Education ministry approves Ashghal commences QR303 mn US, UK varsity programmes in Doha beginning fall 2020 roads, infrastructure project in TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK ues and commitment to excellence, DOHA this project would not have come to fruition.” Al Egda Al Heedan and Al Khor MINISTER of Education and Higher Starting from September 2020, Education HE Dr Mohammed Abdul the programes will be offered by the TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Eng Bader pointed out that, in Wahed Ali Al Hammadi on Sunday ap- State University of New York and the DOHA line with the Public Works Author- proved the delivery in Qatar of under- University of South Carolina. Two ity’s support to local manufacturers graduate and graduate programmes additional universities already ap- THE Public Works Authority (Ash- and in line with Ta’heel initiative offered by prestigious US and UK uni- proved by the ministry will be added ghal) has announced the commence- which was launched by the authority versities beginning fall 2020. in January 2021. ment of the QR303 million worth in 2017, local materials and manu- The programmes are managed by Associates, Bachelors and Mas- Roads and Infrastructure Project in Al facturers will be relied on for most the Global Studies Institute, a Qatari ters programmes will be offered us- Egda Al Heedan and Al Khor (Package of the project’s work.