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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 SUNDAY JUNE 21, 2020 SHAWWAL 29, 1441 VOL.13 NO. 4978 QR 2 Fajr: 3:14 am Dhuhr: 11:36 am FINE Asr: 2:58 pm Maghrib: 6:30 pm HIGH : 40°C LOW : 30°C Isha: 8:00 pm Americas 7 Business 8 Sports 11 Crowds defy virus fears Qatar’s economy set to Arsenal rocked by late to gather for first Trump rebound strongly in 2021: Brighton winner, Watford rally in months Doha Bank GCEO rescue draw Plasma from Qatar’s COVID-19 survivors airlifted to Italy to help find a cure Education City Stadium to house Amir, Erdogan two QF schools review ties QNA Academyati and QAST will make Education City DOHA Stadium a part of society after 2022 World Cup HIS Highness The Amir of State of QNA and QAST will have a vital role in this Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al DOHA place, which will make the Education Thani on Saturday held a telephone City Stadium a part of society after the conversation with President of the THE Education City Stadium, which World Cup. Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Er- will host the Qatar 2022 FIFA World She said young students will begin dogan. The call focused on strategic Cup matches, is planned to become a to acquire life skills that shape their bilateral relations and the means to sports, recreational, educational and lives and develop them inside the sta- enhance them, in addition to discuss- social centre for the Qatar Foundation dium, and they will be a vivid example ing a number of regional and interna- community and the Qatari commu- of its value for Qatar, and an affirma- tional issues of joint interest. nity as a whole after the World Cup. tion that it is more than just an amaz- The stadium, labeled as the “Jewel ing sports edifice. PLASMA from patients in Qatar who have recovered from COVID-19 has been flown to Italy to help iden- of the Desert”, will become the head- She noted that Academyati was tify potentially life-saving treatments for the disease, through a partnership between Qatar Foundation, quarters of two progressive schools of founded in 2019. It’s an innovative Hamad Medical Corporation, and the Embassy of Italy. the Qatar Foundation. school that follows a new curriculum Pakistan’s envoy rejects The longstanding ties between Qatar and Italy have led to a scientific collaboration that is support- President of Pre-University Educa- based on the interests of students, ing the global battle against the pandemic, resulting in an Italian military aircraft taking off from Doha tion at Qatar Foundation for Education, focusing on experiential learning and reports about unpaid on Saturday to transport the convalescent plasma (CP) samples. Science and Community Development designing individual learning models wages to workers The samples will be analysed at the University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Italy, with the Sardinia- (PUE, QF) Buthaina Ali Al Nuaimi for each student. based Mater Olbia Hospital, assessing the data, studying how the human immune system responds said the stadium, when its capacity The school building will include PAKISTAN’S Ambassa- to CP, and determining different types of SARS-CoV-2 — the coronavirus strain that causes COVID-19 is reduced by half and after donating 23 basic educational spaces, in addi- dor to Qatar HE Syed — antibodies. CP from recovered COVID-19 patients is usually rich in antibodies that fight the virus, 20,000 of its seats to support the con- tion to a space for teaching visual arts Ahsan Raza Shah making it a promising treatment, but data on this is currently limited. struction of stadiums in developing and music and a hall a multipurpose has rejected reports The aim of the Qatar-Italy scientific project is to find evidence that CP contains sufficient levels of countries, will become the headquar- athlete. The academy will strive to recently published by neutralising antibodies to successfully treat COVID-19 patients. (TNN) PAGE 2 ters of two progressive schools of the meet the needs of students between a section of media Qatar Foundation — Academyati and the ages of 3 and 18. that Pakistan had Qatar Academy for Science and Tech- “The QAST building will also in- questioned Qatar over nology (QAST). clude 12 educational studios, three unpaid wages to 700 As soon as the first edition of the science laboratories, an entrepre- Pakistani workers em- FIFA World Cup in the Middle East neurial laboratory, wood and technol- ployed by a construction company involved Active COVID-19 cases fall below 20,000 and the Arab world is over, a part of ogy business studios, electronics and in the 2022 World Cup stadium construc- the stadium will include buildings metal stores, spaces for graphic de- tion. Shah said he was not aware of any TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK for each school, in addition to a third sign and video production, as well as such issue related to Pakistani workers DOHA building that combines facilities for a workspace,” she added. associated with World Cup stadiums. Shah the two schools. said he was aware of a few complaints THE number of active COVID-19 cases in the country Al Nuaimi said both Academyati Continued on page 2 of unpaid wages to Pakistani workers but plunged below the 20,000-mark on Saturday as the they are not related to the stadium work. number of recoveries from the virus outstripped new Thanking Qatar’s Minister of Administrative infections. Development, Labour and Social Affairs As many as 1,354 patients recovered from HE Yousuf Mohamed Al Othman Fakhroo, COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total num- the Pakistani envoy said the minister has ber of recoveries in Qatar to 66,763, the Ministry of remained in touch since the beginning of Public Health (MoPH) said in its daily report. COVID-19 crisis. —ASHRAF SIDDIQUI PAGE 2 The last 24 hours also saw 1,026 more people testing positive for the virus, bringing the number of active COVID-19 cases to 19,631. However, a 42-year-old patient succumbed to the virus on Saturday, bringing the death toll in the QC, Sudanese working in country to 94. The ministry offered condolences and Qatar send 7 tonnes of sympathy to the family of the deceased. Meanwhile, 14 patients were shifted to the in- medical aid to Khartoum (PG 14) tensive care unit, bringing the total number of critical cases in the ICUs to 224. Owners of impounded vehicles Type 2 diabetes can be reversed: Qatari study in the second group — the group asked to pay fines within 30 days New diabetes reversal clinic set to open at HMC soon who received no medication,” said Professor Abdul-Badi Abou-Samra, TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK QNA versed in more than 60 percent Director, Qatar Metabolic Institute DOHA DOHA of participants through dietary (QMI), and one of the studys prin- change, physical activity, behaviour cipal investigators. The General Directorate of Traffic THE findings of a new research study change, and without medication or “In the coming months, we are (GDT) has asked the owners of will change how patients with Type 2 weight loss surgery. planning to open a Diabetes Re- impounded vehicles that have been diabetes are cared for in Qatar, with The study, which was recently versal Clinic for patients who are under custody for the last three a new diabetes reversal clinic set to published in the internationally re- motivated to treat their diabetes months to visit the Traffic Investiga- open at Hamad Medical Corporation nowned medical journal, The Lan- through lifestyle modification,” tion Section at Industrial Area and (HMC) in the coming months. cet Diabetes and Endocrinology, received optimal diabetes care added Professor Abou-Samra. claim their vehicles after paying the In case the owner of a vehicle The study, led by teams at is believed to be the first intensive with diabetes medications, educa- Dr Shahrad Taheri, Senior Con- penalties within 30 days. does not show up and complete HMC’s Qatar Metabolic Institute lifestyle intervention trial in the tion, and dietary consultation. The sultant at HMC, Chair of the QMI The penalty along with ground the procedures within the speci- (QMI), Primary Health Care Cor- Middle East and North Africa re- other group received meal replace- Research Committee, and a Profes- fees has to be paid at the Inves- fied period, the GDT will write off poration (PHCC), Qatar Diabetes gion and is the country’s first clini- ment for three months targeting sor at WCM-Q, said the findings tigation Section at Industrial Area those impounded vehicles that have Association (QDA), and Weill Cor- cal trial in primary care. weight reduction, followed by a of the study are exciting and could Street No (52) within 30 days of completed the legal period from the nell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q), “The research targeted pa- weight maintenance regular diet. revolutionise the way Type 2 diabe- this announcement effective from traffic records and display them for was funded by the Qatar National tients who developed Type 2 dia- They received no diabetes medica- tes is treated. June 21, 2020. sale in auction. Research Fund (QNRF) and found betes within the past two years. tion at all. Diabetes was reversed, that Type 2 diabetes could be re- One group of study participants or cured in the majority of patients Continued on page 2 02 Sunday, June 21, 2020 Contact US: Qatar Tribune I EDITORIAL I Phone: 40002222 I ADMINISTRATION & MARKETING I Phone: 40002155, 40002122, Fax: 40002235 P.O.