Qatar to Kick Off 2022 FIFA World Cup at Al Bayt Stadium
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QatarTribune Qatar_Tribune QatarTribuneChannel qatar_tribune THURSDAY JULY 16, 2020 DHU AL-QA’dA 25, 1441 VOL.13 NO. 5000 QR 2 Fajr: 3:26 am Dhuhr: 11:40 am FINE Asr: 3:05 pm Maghrib: 6:27 pm HIGH : 40°C LOW : 32°C Isha: 7:57 pm Americas 8 Business 9 Nation 16 Millions face new virus Qatar leads Arab 800,000 Syrians to benefit curbs, but hope rises states in economic from QC ‘Sham Deserves’ for US vaccine indicators: QC drive in second phase Qatar to kick off 2022 ICJ verdict reaffirms FIFA World Cup at integrity of Qatar’s Amir congratulates legal stance: Cabinet Turkish president Al Bayt Stadium Cabinet affirms continuation Cabinet praises Qatar for QNA of precautionary measures to being named the safest DOHA In a first, four group combat COVID-19 country in the world HIS Highness The Amir of State of QNA Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al games will be DOHA Thani on Wednesday sent a cable of congratulations to President of played in one day THE Cabinet has welcomed the ruling the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip by the International Court of Justice Erdogan on the occasion of his TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK (ICJ) rejecting two appeals by Saudi country’s Democracy and National DOHA Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt Unity Day. on the jurisdiction of the International QATAR will kick off the 2022 Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) FIFA World Cup at the Al Bayt over Qatari claims. Stadium in Al Khor on Novem- The Cabinet, chaired by Prime ber 21, 2022, at 13:00 local Minister and Minister of Interior HE COVID-19 recoveries time. The final will be held at Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Ab- the 80,000-seat Lusail Sta- dulaziz Al Thani on Wednesday via dium nearly a month later on video conference, said the ICJ ruling reach 101,637 The Al Bayt Stadium is a 60,000-capacity arena that takes its name and December 18. reaffirms the integrity of the legal posi- Prime Minister and Minister of Interior shape from traditional tents used by people of the region. PAGES 12 & 13 This was announced by tion of Qatar on the issue of the unjust HE Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin the Supreme Committee for blockade imposed by the four coun- Abdulaziz Al Thani. Delivery and Legacy (SC) on ● Qatar will play the opening game at 60,000-seat tries in clear violation of international Wednesday as the organis- Al Bayt Stadium on November 2 1, 2022 law, international agreements and the (COVID-19) pandemic after it heard ers confirmed the tournament foundations and rules of solidarity and a presentation by HE the Minister of schedule. ● The final will be held at the 80,000-seat Lusail regional cooperation. Public Health on the virus. “Exactly two years after that Stadium on December 18, 2022 The Cabinet also praised the Moreover, the Cabinet reviewed historic occasion on July 15, achievement of Qatar, as it continued the report of the HE Minister of Mu- 2018, the unveiling of the match ● Group matches will be held at three-hour intervals, to lead the list of the safest and most nicipality and Environment on build- schedule for the next edition in- beginning at 1 pm local time, with the late match crime-free countries in the world, ac- ing permits and the mechanism for vites the football world to dream cording to Numbeo during the first issuing it, and potential challenges, of a new beginning — one that, kicking off at 10 pm local time half of this year. whether related to engineering con- now, has a precise time and The Cabinet said this important sulting offices or to owners or to the place to start,” the SC said. games and knockout-stage tim- stage will last 12 days, with four global achievement, which builds on requirements of government service The Al Bayt Stadium is a ings being 18:00 and 22:00. matches per day. the high rankings achieved by the agencies. 60,000-capacity arena that Khalifa International Sta- “The tournament’s compact country from 2015 to 2019, was due to The Cabinet approved the solutions takes its name and shape from dium will be the setting for the nature with no air travel need- the directives of HH The Amir of State proposed in the report to address these AS many as 450 people tested positive the traditional tents used by play-off for third place on De- ed to move between the venues of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al difficulties, and mandated the Ministry for COVID-19 on Wednesday, the Ministry nomadic people in the Gulf re- cember 17. The final will kick will allow organisers, for the Thani and his wise policy. of Municipality and Environment to of Public Health (MoPH) said in its daily gion. off one day later at 18:00 at first time, to optimise specific The achievement is also a result of take necessary measures and coordi- report. In the last 24 hours, 477 people The local kick-off times for Lusail Stadium in front of an match demands for the benefit the comprehensive security strategy of nate with the concerned authorities to recovered from the virus, bringing the group matches have been set for 80,000 crowd. and comfort of fans, teams and the Ministry of Interior based on the put these solutions into practice within total number of recoveries in Qatar to 13:00, 16:00, 19:00 and 22:00, With the aim of providing media,” the SC added. Qatar National Vision 2030. a period six months, and to ensure the 101,637. Sadly, a 53-year-old patient suc- with the simultaneous kick- all teams with optimal rest be- The Cabinet also affirmed the speedy issuance of building permits cumbed to the virus, taking the death toll offs for the last round of group tween their matches, the group Continued on page 2 continuation of the precautionary and the facilitation of their extraction in the country to 151. (TNN) measures to combat the coronavirus procedures. PAGE 2 Mesaieed Hospital discharges Qatar puts 4 entities, Qatar Airways to seek two individuals on damages over illegal last batch of COVID-19 patients terrorism list airspace blockade CatHERINE W GICHUKI BASED on the keenness of Qatar to continue DOHA its international efforts to combat terrorism TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK and its financing at the international level, it DOHA MINISTER of Public Health HE was agreed by the seven countries (the Gulf Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari on Cooperation Council states and the US) – all QATAR Airways (QA) has said Wednesday visited Hamad Medical members of the Terrorist Financing Targeting that it will seek compensation Corporation’s Mesaieed Hospital, Center (TFTC) based in Riyadh -- to add four for losses sustained from an which discharged its last group of entities and two people to the terrorism list. “illegal airspace blockade” im- six patients who recovered from cor- The individuals are Abdulrahman Ali posed since 2017 by four Arab onavirus (COVID-19). Dr Al Kuwari Husayn Al Ahmad Al Rawi and Sayed Habib Ah- countries. met two of the recovered COVID-19 mad Khan. The four entities are Al Haram Ex- The announcement came a patients. change, Tawasul Company, Al Khalidi Exchange day after the International Court the financial injuries inflicted Mesaieed Hospital becomes the and Nejaat Social Welfare Organization. of Justice ruled Qatar could on it as a result of the illegal second of HMC’s dedicated COV- These companies and their operators challenge airspace restrictions airspace blockade,” it said. ID-19 hospitals to discharge final have played a vital role in transferring funds imposed by Saudi Arabia, the The statement added, “The COVID-19 patients, following Ras to support Syria-based ISIS fighters and UAE, Bahrain and Egypt over arbitrary and abusive meas- Laffan Hospital. The facility will no have provided thousands of dollars to ISIS three years ago before the UN’s ures that these four states have longer receive COVID-19 patients. leadership in various parts of the world. International Civil Aviation Or- taken against us have devas- Mesaieed Hospital was rapidly Minister of Public Health HE Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari visits Hamad Medical The TFTC has issued five rounds of joint ganization (ICAO). tated our carefully planned opened at the start of April as part of Corporation’s Mesaieed Hospital on Wednesday. designations against over 60 individuals “Qatar Airways welcomes decades-long programme for the healthcare sector’s comprehen- and entities, by agreement between the the judgment of the Interna- investment and growth in those sive plan to expand hospital capacity The transformation of Mesaieed Hospital from an empty member states of the centre. The centre, tional Court of Justice affirm- countries. They have arbitrar- and meet the increased demand in the facility into a busy hospital providing high-quality care to with the participation of member states, will ing that the ICAO Council has ily prevented us from serving wake of COVID-19 pandemic. patients with COVID-19 has been quite remarkable. The continue to make efforts to pursue terrorist- the jurisdiction to hear any hundreds of thousands of pas- “The transformation of Mesaieed financing cells worldwide.(QNA) disagreement relating to the sengers, and transporting tens Hospital from an empty facility into a final recovered patients leaving the hospital are the last of more interpretation and implemen- of thousands of tonnes of cargo busy hospital providing high-quality than 6,170 patients to have been treated at Mesaieed Hospital tation of the Chicago Con- to and from each of these coun- care to patients with COVID-19 has over the past few months.