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BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 7 Wood willing to spend nine weeks in England Qatar posts 90%-plus LNG camp liquefaction rates in 2019 published in QATAR since 1978 FRIDAY Vol. XXXXI No. 11542 May 8, 2020 Ramadan 15, 1441 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Get up to 2 GB bonus data with Hala from the safety of your home #Hadaya_Ooredoo *Terms and conditions apply In brief Garangao night with a difference Amir, Deputy Amir Mandatory greet Iraqi leaders His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and His Highness the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al- quarantine Thani yesterday sent cables of congratulations to Iraqi President Dr Barham Saleh and Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on the occasion of swearing in of new Iraqi government, wishing ‘likely’ when them and the government success and the brotherly Iraqi people further progress and prosperity. HE the Prime Minister It was a Garangao night with a diff erence yesterday as Covid-19 precautionary and preventive measures were followed to ensure and Minister of Interior Sheikh fl ights restart a safe celebration. The Ministry of Culture and Sports used a convoy of buses to distribute sanitised and sealed Garangao bags Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz full of sweets and nuts among children at their doorstep in diff erent parts of the country. The buses were fitted with loudspeakers, al-Thani also sent a cable of through which joyful Garangao songs were played in order to highlight the local heritage and introduce children to the traditions congratulations to the Iraqi prime of their ancestors. Katara – the Cultural Village also organised a similar gifts distribution using a fleet of vehicles. Elsewhere, Qatar minister. zQatar will soon see end of peak of Foundation celebrated Garangao with an online cultural experience, while Qatar Museums and Hamad Medical Corporation had launched the ‘Stay Home, Stay Safe’ campaign to invite families in Qatar to virtually come together and celebrate Garangao. Amir, Erdogan hold Covid-19 cases, says Dr al-Kuwari Pictured are Garangao gifts distribution by the ministry and Katara. Page 16 phone conversation z93% cases mild, recovery rate high His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani By Shafeeq Alingal yesterday held a telephone Staff Reporter conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Don’t focus too much on during which they discussed the atar is likely to introduce man- strategic relations between the datory quarantining once two brotherly countries and ways Qfl ights resume and the coun- of enhancing and developing try will soon see the end of the peak them. They also exchanged views of Covid-19 cases, HE the Minister of daily fl uctuations: HMC on regional and international Public Health Dr Hanan Mohamed al- developments. Kuwari said yesterday. “We will have to keep some measures he fl uctuation seen over the past The majority of patients with Cov- New services available in place. Countries are now saying that week in the number of new con- id-19 in Qatar continue to experience as part of opening up of travel there Tfi rmed cases of Covid-19 each only mild illness or remain asympto- through Metrash-2 is going to be mandatory quarantine day is expected at this stage as “we matic. New e-services available through the and that will probably also be the case HE the Minister of Public Health enter the peak “ of the Covid-19 pan- “Despite an increasing number of Metrash2 application of the Ministry in Doha,” the Minister told Al Jazeera Dr Hanan Mohamed al-Kuwari demic, a senior health offi cial has said. positive cases of Covid-19, we have the of Interior (MoI) include replacing English. “People should not focus too much capacity to isolate and provide excel- vehicle number plates, writing off HE Dr al-Kuwari said the prolifera- high number of cases in Qatar is the on daily fl uctuations in the numbers. lent medical care at all levels for these vehicles, filing criminal complaints, tion rate of the virus has declined. “The result of intensive testing. “Infec- Instead, we need to look at the general patients, and there is additional capac- adding a newborn to the national general public is fantastic in complying tion rates are not high. As much as trend over a sustained period of time,” ity if needed in the future,” he said. address, and employees’ list for with the directions, following social 93% cases are mild while only 1% is said Dr Abdullatif al-Khal, chair of the Dr al-Khal said 328 cases have been travel notifications (add, remove and distancing and wearing face masks. in ICU and 5% hospitalised. Qatar National Strategic Group on Covid-19 Dr Abdullatif al-Khal, chair of the sent to intensive care units since the query), the MoI has tweeted. Various Best practices are followed and the has implemented a unique system to and head of the Infectious Diseases Di- National Strategic Group on Covid-19 beginning of the outbreak in Qatar, of other services off ered by the MoI are country will soon see the end of the fight Covid-19. Recovery rate is high vision at Hamad Medical Corporation and head of the Infectious Diseases whom 208 have recovered. also available on Metrash2 and the peak.” in Qatar and only 12 deaths have been (HMC). Division at Hamad Medical Corporation. He also noted that 53% of the pa- ministry’s website. Reiterating that Qatar is very vigi- reported. Qatar has the lowest fatality He made the observations while ad- tients in intensive care do not need lant, the Minister said priority will be rate like Singapore.” dressing a press conference yesterday to increase in the coming days before it ventilators. given to public safety and least risk for “We are active in tracing and fi nding along with Dr Ahmed al-Mohamed, stabilises and then begins to decline, he Starting some 59 days ago, the pan- Covid-19 recoveries the general population. the cases. Persons coming from other acting chairman, HMC’s Intensive Care said. Most of the confi rmed cases are demic entered its peak stage in the past reach 2,286 in Qatar “Innovative measures are in place countries and those who contacted them Units. among people aged 29-34 years, and week and the numbers are expected to Qatar yesterday recorded 918 in the health and education sectors are asked to be quarantined at a govern- Dr al-Khal stressed that it is now infection among the elderly is limited. rise before they stabilise and then de- new confirmed cases of the novel to control the pandemic. More online ment facility or home. Cases with high more important than ever to follow “The number of people making a full cline. coronavirus (Covid-19), as well as activities are being carried out. Tele- risk are quarantined at government fa- preventive measures to ensure that recovery from Covid-19 continues to Dr al-Khal further noted that “we 216 new recovered cases in the last medicine is in place and consultations cilities,” she said, adding Qatar has im- the virus does not reach “our at-risk grow. This week, we passed the mile- continue to see a low rate of Covid-19 24 hours. With this the total number are done virtually,” she said. plemented a legal decree to deal with group”. stone of more than 2,000 recovered mortality in Qatar compared to the rest of recoveries is 2,286, the Ministry The Minister explained that the quarantine violators. To Page 3 The number of infections is expected cases,” he stressed. of the world”. To Page 3 of Public Health (MoPH) said. Most of the new cases are expatriate workers who got infected as a result of contact with individuals who were previously infected, in addition to new cases among groups of workers MoPH conducts drive-thru from diff erent regions, diagnosed during investigative examinations by the MoPH’s research and investigation teams. Page 2 swabbing tests for Covid-19 France set to reopen, but will in turn inform policy decisions. toms. We have used drive-thru testing Paris to keep some curbs QNA Doha It was carried out in collaboration in the past successfully.” France is ready to start unwinding with the Primary Health Care Corpora- In line with national guidance, its coronavirus lockdown from tion (PHCC), HMC Ambulance, HMC swabbing tests were carried out on next Monday as planned, the he Ministry of Public Health Laboratories and Qatar University. 2,500 members of the public at three prime minister said yesterday, (MoPH) conducted drive-thru HE the Minister of Public Health Dr health centres: Al Thumama, Al Waab although some regions including Tswabbing tests at three health Hanan Mohamed al-Kuwari said: “We and Leabaib staff ed by PHCC, HMC the Paris area where the disease is centres over two days. are constantly looking at new ways of and Qatar University volunteers. still circulating would keep some The aim of this exercise, which ended identifying any undetected cases in the This service was not a drop-in restrictions. The country has made yesterday, was to conduct a survey and community so that we help to reduce service and only those who meet the enough progress in slowing down gain more insight into community trans- the spread of Covid-19 and provide the nationally agreed criteria for research the spread of the virus and reducing A health worker collects a swab sample from a man at a drive-thru testing service mission of the novel coronavirus (Cov- appropriate care and support to those and have been asked to attend, were strain in hospitals to gradually return for Covid-19 in Doha yesterday.