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Tuesday, July 14, 2020 Dhul-Qa’da 23, 1441 AH Doha today: 330 - 410 COVER STORY BACK IN BUSINESS: Michael Callahan, right, takes a photo of his friend Sarah Breland near the Walt Disney World theme park entrance in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The theme park reopened this week despite a surge in new Covid-19 infections throughout Florida, including the central part of the state where Orlando is located. The comeback Disney reopens as a diff erent world with masks, social distancing and light crowds. P4-5 BOLLYWOOD BACK PAGE Raftaar: We have a fair share A humbling of favouritism and nepotism. experience. Page 14 Page 16 2 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 14, 2020 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT SEASONS TO BINGE WATCH ON NETFLIX PRAYER TIME Fajr 3.23am Shorooq (sunrise) 4.54am Zuhr (noon) 11.41am Asr (afternoon) 3.06pm Maghreb (sunset) 6.28pm Isha (night) 7.58pm USEFUL NUMBERS Emergency 999 Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Gossip Girl (Leighton Meester) is the toast of the adolescent population Qatar General Electricity and DIRECTION: Stephanie Savage, Josh Schwartz of Manhattan’s Upper East Side, envied by her friends and the Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 CAST: Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, adversary of many fellow rich girls. 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Telephone: 44466405 CAST: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt Over the course of ten years, this average group of buddies Fax: 44350474 LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer goes through massive mayhem, family trouble, past and future SYNOPSIS: Rachel Green, Ross Geller, Monica Geller, romances, fi ghts, laughs, tears and surprises as they learn Joey Tribbiani, Chandler Bing and Phoebe Buff ay are six 20 what it really means to be a friend. Tuesday, July 14, 2020 GULF TIMES 3 BODY & MIND COMMUNITY All about fever and checking it A fever is a common sign of illness, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it seems to play a key role in fighting infections. So should you treat one or let it run its course? fever is a temporary rectal temperatures. Get two and increase in body label which is used where. temperature, and 5. Wait at least 6 hours after a sign that you’re taking medications that can A fighting an illness lower your temperature, like or infection. The average normal acetaminophen (Tylenol, others), temperature for a healthy person ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin IB, is 98.6F (37C). When it rises others) or aspirin. above that, especially in infants and toddlers, it can be serious. Oral temperature Babies who have fevers should You’ll need an oral be seen by a healthcare provider thermometer, used in the mouth. immediately. 1. If you’ve been eating or “A fever in a newborn, less than drinking, wait 30 minutes before a month, is always an emergency,” you take a temperature by mouth. says Dr Tina Ardon, a Mayo Clinic 2. Turn on the digital family physician. “A baby less thermometer. Place the than 3 months with a fever is still thermometer tip under your pretty concerning, so we’re going tongue. to want to see that child, as well.” 3. Close your mouth around But when talking about fevers in the thermometer for the older kids, Dr Ardon says a rising recommended amount of time number on the thermometer isn’t or until the thermometer beep usually an emergency, at least indicates it’s done. initially. 4. Remove the thermometer and “Parents can feel comfortable read the number. watching their children for up to three days as long as they’re Ear temperature hydrating and otherwise acting A digital ear thermometer uses well,” says Dr Ardon. “But I may an infrared ray to measure the see another child with a 101 fever temperature inside the ear canal. who hasn’t been drinking all day 1. Turn on the digital and hasn’t used the restroom all thermometer. Gently place it in day, and that’s more concerning your ear canal no further than to me.” indicated by the instructions that She says hydration is important came with the device. when your child has a fever ADVICE: If you’ve been eating or drinking, wait 30 minutes before you take a temperature by mouth. 2. Hold the thermometer because the high temperature tightly in place until you hear the causes the body to lose fluids. thermometer beep indicating it’s “When you’re treating a done. fever, the goal is not to get your 3. Remove the thermometer and temperature down to a normal read the number. temperature. It really is just to make the patient or the child feel Temporal artery temperature more comfortable,” says Dr Ardon. Temporal artery thermometers She says over-the-counter use an infrared scanner to medications can sometimes help, measure the temperature of the but check with your provider first. temporal artery in your forehead. 1. Turn on the digital How to take temperature: thermometer. Always use a digital 2. Gently sweep it across your thermometer to check your forehead and read the number. temperature. Because of the potential for mercury exposure Armpit temperature or ingestion, glass mercury A digital thermometer can be thermometers have been used in your armpit, if necessary. phased out and are no longer But armpit temperatures are recommended. typically less accurate than oral No matter which type of temperatures. thermometer you use, take these 1. Turn on the digital precautions: thermometer. Place the 1. Read the instructions that thermometer under your armpit, came with the thermometer. making sure it touches skin, not 2. Wash your hands with soap clothing. and warm water before using the 2. Hold the thermometer thermometer. tightly in place until you hear the 3. Clean the thermometer thermometer beep indicating it’s before and after each use with done. rubbing alcohol or soap and 3. Remove the thermometer and lukewarm water. read the number. 4. Don’t use the same KEEP HYDRATED: Hydration is important when your child has a fever because the high temperature causes the — Mayo Clinic News Network/ thermometer for both oral and body to lose fluids. TNS 4 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 14, 2020 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Restrained return Kids can’t hug Mickey Mouse or run up to Princess Elsa for now, report Gabrielle Russon and Dewayne Bevil from the world famed theme park ALL ROADS LEAD TO DISNEY: Guests drive toward the entrance of Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida. The theme park reopened at limited capacity during the coronavirus pandemic. ary Semel’s hands trembled in anticipation of the moment he had waited for four months. Finally, he could kneel Gdown in front of Cinderella We’re going to be dealing Castle at Walt Disney World to propose to his girlfriend of two years, Tia Lovett, with this (virus) this time 50. They kissed, face mask to face mask, a next year, no question love story in historic times, while a Disney photographer captured the moment. about it. This is with us “I wanted to do it at Disney, and then it closed. I’ve been waiting very for two years, easily impatiently,” said Semel, 49, turning to his future wife. “I’m sorry that I took so long. I really wanted to do it here.” — Dennis Speigel, For the Jacksonville couple and many others, the return of Disney World on President, Ohio-based Saturday was a jubilant celebration. But the day brought only light crowds to the International Theme Magic Kingdom, which opened to the Park Services general public in tandem with Animal ‘ Kingdom. Epcot and Hollywood Studios will open tomorrow as Disney’s Orlando empire ’ returns a month after Universal Orlando Tuesday, July 14, 2020 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY and SeaWorld. who posed on a restaurant porch, Not everything was magical. spread out from guests. “I’m so The resort’s revival is happening grateful to be here today.” as the coronavirus pandemic Using its advance reservation surges. The state reported 10,360 system, Disney is limiting its new coronavirus cases Saturday, crowds, but the company has not the third-highest daily increase, revealed how many people it will and 95 more deaths as Florida has allow into the parks each day going become one of the nation’s major forward. hot zones for the virus. “We are taking a cautious and When asked why Disney was deliberate approach, which allows opening now, executive Josh us to evaluate and adjust along D’Amaro responded, “We are in a the way, as the situation evolves,” new normal right now, so what’s Finger said.