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 THURSDAY APRIL 16, 2020 SHA`BAAN 23, 1441 VOL.13 NO. 4922 QR 2 Fajr: 3:52 am Dhuhr: 11:34 am Asr: 3:03 pm Maghrib: 5:58 pm Isha: 7:28 pm Business 8 Sports 11 IMF, WB leaders Haydos, Hassan, Rawi THUNDER-STORMS HIGH : 26°C praise G20 debt and others take pay cuts, LOW : 20°C relief initiative show solidarity 14,000 beds by month-end for Cabinet extends COVID-19 measures ings using modern technology. COVID-19 care, Preventive measures will be in BATTLE 5: Suspending home cleaning AGAINST services provided by cleaning and says Kuwari place for two more weeks hospitality companies. COVID-19 6: Limiting the number of em- QNA take the appropriate decision. ployees transferred by bus to half TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA The decision was made after the 2: Limiting the number of em- the capacity of the vehicle, while DOHA Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister ployees present at the headquar- adhering to the necessary precau- THE Cabinet has extended the and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh ters of private-sector organisa- tionary measures. FIVE hospitals have been allocated preventive and precautionary Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz tions. 7: Continuing intensified in- to treat patients with coronavirus measures to limit the spread of al Thani on Wednesday through a 3: Public and Private-sector spection visits made by the Minis- (COVID-19) infection and the combined the coronavirus (COVID-19) pan- video conference, was briefed by employees work for six hours a try of Commerce and Industry to bed-capacity of these hospitals will rise demic for another two weeks. Minister of Public Health HE Dr day, from 7 am to 1 pm. supermarkets and restaurants to to 14,000 by the end of April, Minister of Beginning on Thursday (April Hanan Mohamed al Kuwari on the cisions on the following: 4: All meetings held between ensure they adhere to the health Public Health HE Dr Hanan Mohamed al 16), the measures will remain in latest developments of efforts to 1: Limiting the number of em- employees of the public and pri- conditions and precautions, in- Kuwari said on Wednesday. force for two weeks, during which contain COVID-19. ployees present at the headquar- vate sectors present at their place cluding safe distancing measures “these hospitals provide the high- a re-evaluation will be made to Then the Cabinet extended de- ters of governmental institutions. of work should be distanced meet- between shoppers. PAGE 2 est levels of healthcare to the patients,” Kuwari said in a series of videos posted on the Ministry of Public health’s Twitter handle. She said Qatar is pursuing a four- pronged healthcare strategy -- raising 283 more test positive awareness, prolific testing, tracing trans- mission chains and increasing hospital capacity -- to beat the virus. for virus as 33 recover Kuwari said it is too early to predict a timeline for the decline in the number of daily coronavirus cases. Adherence to preventive measures would certainly help the national healthcare machinery to prevail over the virus as soon as pos- sible, she added. QATAR on Wednesday reported 283 new coronavirus (COV- ID-19) cases as 33 more patients recovered from the dis- ease, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has announced. QFCA slaps QR1 mn In a statement, the MoPH said some of the new cases are due to people being in contact with existing cases, and a fine on HCW for failing number of new cases are among migrant workers in differ- ent areas. “Some cases were discovered among citizens to comply with rules and residents who contacted health authorities after experi- THE Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA) Minister of Public Health HE Dr Hanan Mohamed al Kuwari meets two COVID-19 survivors — Faisal al Athba, a Qatari encing symptoms of inflammation in the respiratory system. has fined horizon Crescent Wealth (HCW) national, and Juan Micau, a bank worker from the Philippines — at HMC’s Ambulatory Care Center on Wednesday. The new infected cases have been placed under complete over QAR 1 million for contraventions of isolation and they are receiving necessary medical care,” provisions of the QFCA Rules. the statement said. With 33 people having recover from QFCa had recently imposed financial the virus in the last 24 hours, the total number of people penalties on the company for failings regard- Two COVID-19 survivors share recovered has reached 406. (TNN) ing Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorist Financing Rules 2010. HCW is a QFC firm which is licensed to perform Admin- their experiences with minister istration of Trusts, and as such is required to comply with its legal obligations in line with TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK to discuss his recent experience who is receiving treatment. the QFCA Rules. DOHA of having COVID-19 and to hear The donated blood contains hCW’s violations are evident in its firsthand from him about his antibodies built up in the recov- failure to comply with the General Rules HE Dr Hanan Mohamed al Ku- treatment journey. ered patient’s plasma that can and Licensed Firm Assets Rules, in the wari, Minister of Public Health, Athba said he has fully recov- help patients undergoing treat- QFCA Rules, especially when handling Client on Wednesday met two patients, ered from the virus and was one of ment to improve their resistance Money. hCW’s contraventions have been who have recently recovered from the first patients to donate blood and recovery from the virus. documented in an investigation undertaken COVID-19, at Hamad Medical plasma at the new clinic at the Kuwari also met Juan Micau, by the Monitoring and Enforcement Depart- Corporation’s Ambulatory Care Communicable Disease Center. a 39-year-old bank worker from ment between March and June 2018. Center. Athba was full of appreciation the Philippines. Micau explained The QFCA issued a Decision Notice During the meetings, the pa- for the care he received while ad- to the minister that he might have in october 2019 and imposed a financial tients shared their experiences of mitted to the CDC and for the new contracted COVID-19 while on penalty of over QR1 million on HCW. HCW having COVID-19 and undergoing donation service which enables vacation in the Philippines at the appealed this decision to the QFC Regulatory treatment at HMC. plasma to be collected from the beginning of March. Tribunal, and on March 9, 2020 the tribunal Kuwari met Faisal al Athba, recovered patients and then trans- QMC launches Twitter handle upheld the QFC authority’s decision. (TNN) a 40-year-old Qatari national, fused into a COVID-19 patient Continued on page 2 to provide COVID-19 info TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK a live interactive platform for DOHA community outreach and the publication of the latest recom- Gang behind fleeing QP starts drilling campaign THE Qatar Media Corpora- mendations, medical advice, tion (QMC) has launched an and other important informa- maids busted, 7 held for North Field East Project account on Twitter -- tion to the public. THE Al Shamal Security Department has busted @covid19qatar -- for The new account posted a seven-member gang that allegedly operated QATAR Petroleum has started the spreading awareness about a video clip showing the lat- an illegal domestic workers supply service. The development of drilling campaign the coronavirus (COVD-19) est epidemiological updates accused were allegedly running the service with for the North Field East Project, epidemic and publishing lat- and statistics in Qatar as of the maids they helped flee from the homes of or NFe. the first of 80 NFE est developments relating to April 15, showing the total the workers’ sponsors, the Ministry of Interior development wells was spudded the virus. number of people examined, said in a series of tweets. The gang, consisting on March 29 by the jack-up rig The new account will be the number of positive cases, of nationals from Asian and African countries, “GulfDrill Lovanda”, which is man- an important source of reli- the number of active cases, harboured the fled workers in different loca- aged and operated by GulfDrill, a able and official news about and the number of new cases tions in Qatar and then sent them to new joint venture between the Qatar- the COVID-19 epidemic, confirmed on April 15, the total homes as domestic workers. All the accused based drilling champion, Gulf which will contribute to fight- number of people recovered, have been referred to judicial authorities for Drilling International, and Seadrill ing rumours and fake news. and the total number of further legal action. (TNN) Limited. PAGE 8 The account will also be deaths. 02 Thursday, April 16, 2020 Contact US: Qatar Tribune I EDITORIAL I Phone: 40002222 I ADMINISTRATION & MARKETING I Phone: 40002155, 40002122, Fax: 40002235 P.O. Box: 23493, Doha. Cabinet approves QATAR PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO GAZA PEOPLE IN QUARANTINE Qatar water security, strategy draft policy QNA DOHA THE Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz al Thani through video conference on Wednesday, approved a draft policy for water security and water strategy in Qatar. Following the meeting, Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs HE Dr Issa bin Saad al Jafali al Nuaimi said the Cabinet also approved a draft cabinet decision to amend exemp- tions to some documents stated in the Electronic The Qatar Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza, in coordination with the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), has provided aid to hundreds of people in coronavirus quarantine centres in Transactions and Commerce Law issued in Decree Gaza, as part of the $150 million grant by the Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani.