China Reports Record Rise in Virus Deaths
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BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Ooredoo Group 2019 net Esperance keen to end CAF profi t jumps 10% to QR1.7bn Super Cup title drought published in QATAR since 1978 FRIDAY Vol. XXXX No. 11458 February 14, 2020 Jumada II 20, 1441 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Amir honours Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser China reports record rise in virus deaths Reuters The Japanese woman fell ill in Janu- side China,” the World Health Organi- Beijing ary but only later showed symptoms of sation’s emergency measures director, pneumonia and was hospitalised, with Mike Ryan, said yesterday. coronavirus confi rmed after her death Ryan also said the main UN health he Chinese province at the cen- and the contagion route under investi- agency expected the rest of a special tre of the coronavirus outbreak gation, the health minister said. WHO team to arrive in China over the Treported a record rise in deaths The biggest cluster of infections coming weekend. and thousands more infections using outside China is on a cruise liner now In central China’s Hubei prov- a broader defi nition yesterday, while quarantined off a Japanese port and ince, offi cials said 242 people died on Japan became the third place outside a further 44 cases were reported on Wednesday, the biggest daily rise since mainland China to suff er a fatality. board yesterday, raising the total to 219. the fl u-like virus emerged in the pro- The epidemic has given China’s rul- “Outside the cases on the Diamond vincial capital Wuhan in December. ing Communist Party one of its ster- Princess cruise ship we are not seeing a Total deaths in China are 1,367. nest challenges in years, constrained the dramatic increase in transmission out- Hubei had previously only allowed world’s second largest economy and trig- infections to be confi rmed by RNA gered a purge of provincial bureaucrats. tests, which can take days. With China’s streets, restaurants and RNA, or ribonucleic acid, carries ge- fl ower markets bare, a miserable Valen- netic information allowing identifi ca- tine’s Day was expected today. tion of viruses. Japan confi rmed its fi rst coronavi- But it has also begun using compu- rus death – a woman in her 80s living terised tomography (CT) scans, which in Kanagawa prefecture near Tokyo give images of the lungs, the Hubei – adding to two previous fatalities in health commission said, to identify Hong Kong and the Philippines. cases and isolate them faster. His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani awarded the Hamad bin Khalifa Sash to HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Japan is one of the worst aff ected of As a result, another 14,840 new cases Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani in recognition of his sincere eff orts and valuable services for the country. The award was presented more than two dozen other countries A boy wearing a cardboard box on his were reported in the province yester- during a meeting with His Highness the Amir at the Amiri Diwan yesterday morning. For his part, HE Sheikh Abdullah bin and territories that have seen hundreds head is seen at the Shanghai Railway day, up from 2,015 new cases nation- Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani expressed his pride for being honoured and his gratitude and thanks to His Highness the Amir for of infections from the fl u-like virus. Station yesterday. wide a day earlier. Pages 6, 7 the support throughout his work. In brief Defence Minister attends Nato meeting in Brussels BRITAIN | Reshuffl e UN lists 112 fi rms linked to Couldn’t accept Johnson’s terms: ex-fi nance minister illegal Israeli settlements Outgoing British finance minster Sajid Javid says he was left with “no option other than to resign” after AFP ing.com and Motorola Solutions. to conclude have been involved in one Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Geneva “I am conscious this issue has been, or more of the specifi c activities refer- government demanded that he and will continue to be, highly con- enced” in the 2016 resolution. sack his political advisers. “While tentious,” UN rights chief Michelle It said 94 of the listed companies I was very pleased that the prime he UN has released a list of 112 Bachelet said. had their headquarters in Israel, while minister wanted to reappoint me, I companies with activities in But she added that the fi ndings 18 others were spread across six other was unable to accept the conditions TIsraeli settlements, which are had been subject to an “extensive and countries. that he had attached,” Javid told considered illegal under international meticulous review process” and the The UN agency said compiling the reporters in his first comments. law, including Airbnb, Expedia and report “refl ects the serious considera- database had been a “complex proc- Page 8 TripAdvisor. tion that has been given to this unprec- ess” involving “widespread discus- The move was cheered by the Pales- edented and highly complex mandate”. sions” with states, think-tanks, aca- AMERICA | Politics tinians but slammed as “shameful” by Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad demics and the companies themselves. Israel, where offi cials fear the list could al-Malki described the publication as Human Rights Watch’s deputy ad- Former top aide slams be used to boycott fi rms with ties to “a victory for international law and vocacy chief Bruno Stagno celebrated Trump over Ukraine the settlements. diplomatic eff orts.” the publication of the database. Donald Trump’s respected former The UN report comes in response to The Boycott, Divestment and Sanc- This “should put all companies on chief of staff slammed president a 2016 UN Human Rights Council res- tions (BDS) movement, which advo- notice: to do business with illegal set- over the “illegal” scheme in Ukraine olution calling for a “database for all cates a wide-ranging embargo of Israel tlements is to aid in the commission of that led to impeachment, The businesses engaged in specifi c activi- over its treatment of the Palestinians, war crimes,” he said. Atlantic reported yesterday. In ties related to Israeli settlements in the welcomed the list. Wednesday’s report meanwhile an unusually blunt speech late HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Aff airs Dr Khalid occupied Palestinian territory”. The database was scheduled to be stressed that companies were not Wednesday, retired Marine Corps bin Mohamed al-Attiyah interacts with US Defence Secretary Mark Esper on the The UN rights offi ce said that listing released three years ago, but has re- doomed to remain on the database general John Kelly also criticised sidelines of a meeting of the North Atlantic (Nato) Council with Resolute Support companies in the database was “not, peatedly been delayed. forever. “Where there are reasonable Trump’s policies on North Korea, Operational Partner Nations and Potential Operational Partner Nations in Brussels and does not purport to be, a judicial The rights offi ce initially evaluated grounds to believe that the business immigration and intervention in yesterday. The meeting was also attended by Qatar’s ambassador to Belgium and or quasi-judicial process”. more than 300 companies. enterprise is ceasing or no longer in- the case of a special forces soldier the head of its missions to the European Union and the Nato, Abdulrahman bin Among the businesses on the list are But the fi nal report published on volved in the relevant activity, the accused of war crimes. Page 5 Mohamed al-Khulaifi, and Qatari military attache Air Brigadier General Rashid Saif a range of large international compa- Wednesday cited 112 business entities business enterprise would be removed al-Khayarain. nies, including Airbnb, Alstom, Book- that the offi ce had “reasonable grounds from the database,” it said. AMERICA | Agreement ‘Breakthrough’ in talks with Taliban: Pompeo There has been a ‘pretty important breakthrough’ over the past few days in talks between the United Al Khor Family Park to open on February 16 States and the Taliban who have been negotiating for a peace agreement in Afghanistan, US he revamped Al Khor Family pansion of the zoo within the park and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Park will be opened to the public the addition of diff erent sections and an- HIGHLIGHTS yesterday. Ton February 16, the Ministry of imals, while providing the highest safety O Timings: Saturday to Municipality and Environment (MME) and security standards for visitors so that Thursday – from 8am to 11pm; ARAB WORLD | Confl ict has announced. the park becomes a major recreational The development and maintenance destination, the statement said, adding and Friday – from 2pm to 11pm New clashes in Libya works were carried out over a period that the park has 315 animals of 49 spe- O On Tuesdays, entry is only despite UN truce call of 100 days at a cost of QR32mn, ac- cies, including 290 new ones. for women and children Rival forces clashed in the Libyan cording to a statement by the ministry The number of visitors at the park is capital yesterday, causing new yesterday. expected to reach about 500,000 an- O Entry fee: QR15 for adults civilian casualties in the grinding The works were implemented under nually following the opening of the ex- and QR10 for children up to the supervision of the Public Works panded zoo, the MME said. conflict a day after a UN Security 10 years Council resolution called for a Authority (Ashghal) and followed up by Seven new sections have been devel- “lasting ceasefire”. The resolution the MME’s Public Parks Department. oped within the zoo and a large number O Train ride fee: QR5 was the council’s first since eastern Al Khor Family Park is considered of animals and birds have been brought O 315 animals of 49 species Libya strongman Khalifa Haftar one of the largest and most important in.