BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Investments in Football: Qatar rout Qatar’s digital Grenada for fi rst landscape at Gold Cup victory all-time high published in QATAR since 1978 MONDAY Vol. XXXXII No. 11979 July 19, 2021 Dhul-Hijjah 9, 1442 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals FM meets governor of Amir exchanges Eid al-Adha US state of Indiana HE the Deputy Prime Minister and No Covid-related deaths greetings with leaders of Minister of Foreign Aff airs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani met in Indianapolis yesterday with Arab and Islamic countries the Governor of the US state of Indiana, Eric Holcomb. The meeting in Qatar in past 8 days reviewed aspects of co-operation between Qatar and Indiana, especially in the fields of trade, More than 1.6mn people now fully vaccinated investment, agriculture and sports. (QNA) Total Covid-19 recoveries in Qatar increase to 222,105 50,000 phone numbers here have been no Covid-relat- overwhelming support of the com- linked to Israeli spyware ed deaths in Qatar in the past munity, has resulted in a consistent An Israeli firm accused of supplying Teight days, Ministry of Public reduction in the number of new daily spyware to governments has been Health (MoPH) statistics show. infections in the country,” the MoPH linked to a list of 50,000 smartphone At the same time, the National said in a statement. numbers, including those of activists, Covid-19 vaccination programme has However, it is still important to be journalists, business executives crossed another milestone as more cautious as the second wave is not yet and politicians around the world, than 1.6mn people have received both over and there are still two “highly according to reports yesterday. doses of the vaccine until now. contagious and highly virulent strains The leak was of a list of more than According to MoPH data, the last of the virus that are actively circulat- 50,000 smartphone numbers time a Covid-19-related death was ing in the community”, it stressed. believed to have been identified as reported in the country was on July The third phase of the gradual lift- people of interest by clients of NSO 10, that of a 76-year-old person who ing of precautionary restrictions since 2016, media outlets said. had a history of chronic disease and A Kuwaiti teenager holds her phone began on July 9 and is part of a four- was receiving the necessary medical showing off her Covid-19 vaccination stage plan to be implemented over the Merkel visits ‘surreal’ care. certificate after receiving her shot coming months. The MoPH yesterday reported 77 of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, at The date of implementation and flood zone, toll rises new confi rmed cases of Covid-19 a vaccination centre in Kuwait City the duration of each phase will de- Chancellor Angela Merkel said among the community and 41 among yesterday. pend on the pandemic indicators, yesterday she was horrified by the travellers. It also recorded 94 recov- which rely to a great extent on the His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani exchanged greetings “surreal” devastation in the flood- eries from the coronavirus during A further break-up of the data degree of compliance of community with a number of leaders of Arab and Islamic countries on the advent of the ravaged region of western Germany, the past 24 hours, bringing the to- shows that 78.5% of people above 16 members with the current measures, blessed Eid al-Adha, during phone calls yesterday evening. His Highness the Amir as the death toll in Germany and tal number of recoveries in Qatar to years have received at least one dose restrictions and guidance by the gov- exchanged greetings with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Belgium passed 190 with dozens 222,105, Qatar News Agency reported. of the vaccine, with 66.4% getting ernment. Abdulaziz al-Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the advent of the blessed Eid of people still missing. The veteran A total of 3,523,001 Covid-19 vac- both doses. It is important during the current al-Adha, in a phone call the Amir held yesterday. The Amir exchanged greetings leader said the world must step up cine doses have been administered in As for those above 40 years, 95.4% period that all members of society, with Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of Saudi Arabia eff orts to tackle the climate crisis, Qatar since the start of the National have received at least one dose while including those who have received the Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, on the advent of the blessed as global warming makes extreme Covid-19 Vaccination Programme, 85.4% have got both doses. Also, vaccination, continue to wear masks as Eid al-Adha, in a phone call the Amir held. His Highness the Amir exchanged weather events more likely. “We with 19,961 doses given in the past 24 98.6% of those aged above 60 (the recommended and continue to adhere greetings with the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, and must hurry,” she said. “We have to hours. most vulnerable population group) to social distancing, the MoPH has ad- the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, during two phone calls be faster in the fight against climate Information on the ministry’s web- have been inoculated with at least one vised. “With Covid-19 still a threat to the Amir held. The Amir exchanged Eid al-Adha greetings with Sultan Haitham bin change.” Wearing hiking boots and site shows that 1,915,950 people have dose, and 93.5% with both doses. our health here in Qatar, it is important Tariq of the Sultanate of Oman, in a phone call the Amir received yesterday. The off ering pandemic-safe fist bumps received at least one dose of the vac- “In recent weeks the combined for everyone to play their role in con- Amir exchanged greetings with King Mohammed VI of the Kingdom of Morocco, to rescue workers, she listened to cine so far, while 1,607,051 people impact of Covid-19 restrictions and trolling the virus by following the pre- Tunisian President Kais Saied, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Iraqi the accounts of residents where the have got both doses. increasing vaccination rates, and the cautionary measures.” Page 4 President Dr Barham Salih and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (QNA) swollen Ahr river swept away houses and left debris piled high in the streets. Page 11 ‘Falcon’ art installation at HIA Algeria recalls Morocco ambassador Afghan govt, Taliban to expedite talks Algeria recalled its ambassador in Morocco for consultations yesterday he delegations of the security that presents itself as a new diplomatic spat broke Afghan government will be made use of by the out between them after Morocco’s Tand Taliban issued Islamic Emirate,” he added. envoy to the United Nations, a joint statement yester- “We fully assure neigh- Omar Hilale, expressed support day saying that they will bouring, regional and for self-determination for Algeria’s meet again and that they world countries that Af- traditionally restless Kabylie region, have issued instructions ghanistan will not permit a stronghold of the country’s to expedite their peace ne- anyone to pose a security Amazigh (Berber) minority. On gotiations, Reuters quoted threat to any other country Friday, Algeria had demanded that Qatar’s Al Jazeera TV as using our soil.” Morocco “clarify” its position after saying. For months, the two the “inadmissible comments of its The two delegations of sides have been meeting ambassador in New York”. negotiators, who have been intermittently in the Qatari in Doha since Saturday, capital. Earthquake strikes said “the two sides com- Taliban leader Akhundza- mitted to continue nego- Members of the Taliban delegation look on during the da said his group remained southern Iran, Iraq tiations at a high level until presentation of the final declaration of the peace talks committed to forging a so- An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the A new public art installation, ‘Falcon’, by artist Tom Classes was unveiled at Hamad a settlement is reached.” between the Afghan government and the Taliban in lution to end the war, but Richter scale struck Fars province in International Airport (HIA) yesterday, Qatar Museums Chairperson HE Sheikha “We will work to provide Doha yesterday. slammed the group’s oppo- southern Iran yesterday. According Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani said on social media. “We are proud humanitarian assistance nents for “wasting time”. to the Seismological Center of the to unveil today a new public art, ‘Falcon’, by Tom Claassen at HIA depicting the throughout Afghanistan,” fl ict in Afghanistan, even as favours a political settle- “Our message remains Geophysics Institute of Tehran national bird of Qatar. The artist took inspiration from the soft falcon’s feathers and the statement added, ac- the hardline Islamist move- ment in the country,” Ak- that instead of relying on University, the earthquake was the more vivid lines mimic the airline’s routes from Qatar to the rest of the world, as cording to Al Jazeera. ment pushes a sweeping of- hundzada said in a state- foreigners, let us resolve centred near the town of Khesht and well as the curves that can be found in Arabic calligraphy and the folds in the fabric Meanwhile, the Taliban’s fensive across the nation. ment ahead of Eid al-Adha.