Qatar to Receive First Batch of Covid Vaccine Tomorrow
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3 DAYS LEFT [email protected] / 4496 2333 BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Qatar agritech Ulsan secure AFC market thriving at Champions League annual growth of trophy aft er beating more than 6% Persepolis published in QATAR since 1978 SUNDAY Vol. XXXXI No. 11768 December 20, 2020 Jumada I 5, 1442 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals MoPH reports 139,521 ‘Drill delivery’ of Covid-19 vaccine total Covid recoveries Trump congratulates Amir, hails The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) reported yesterday 142 new Qatar’s partnership with US confirmed cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) during the last 24 hours, of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim with regard to continuing peace and which 110 are from community and 32 bin Hamad al-Thani received a cable stability in the region. from travellers returning from abroad of congratulation from US President The US president thanked the Amir who are subject to quarantine. The Donald Trump on Qatar’s National for the great support for the American ministry also reported the death of Day, in which he expressed his sincere forces at Al Udeid Air Base, and for 60-year-old patient who was receiving congratulations on behalf of the hosting the Afghan peace negotia- the necessary medical care. It government and the American people, tions, as well as increasing cultural recorded 137 recoveries from the virus praising the close relations between exchange between the two countries, during the past 24 hours, bringing the the two countries and their commit- including the American participation total number of cases that recovered ment to deepen and strengthen them. in Qatar-US 2021 Year of Culture. in Qatar so far to 139,521. Page 6 Trump said in his message that Qatar He also expressed pride in the continues to prosper and develop partnership with Qatar, saying that he Thousands protest in under the leadership of His Highness is proud of the long-established and the Amir, and the US appreciates the indispensable ties, and looks forward Sudan for reforms co-operation of Qatar on several major to developing co-operation in the Thousands of Sudanese protesters bilateral, regional and economic issues future. — QNA took to the streets of the capital Khartoum and its twin city Omdurman yesterday, demanding an acceleration of reforms on the second anniversary of the start of an uprising that ousted veteran leader Omar al-Bashir. Sudan’s state TV aired footage of thousands of protesters gathering outside the Qatar to receive presidential residence in Khartoum which now hosts the sovereign Police off icers and soldiers escort a delivery van as part of a drill delivery of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, in council, a joint military-civilian ruling Mexico City, Mexico, on Friday. body. Page 12 fi rst batch of Trump downplays hacking impact US President Donald Trump in his first comments about a UK fi ghts new virus strain; Covid vaccine widespread data breach across the US government downplayed the seriousness and impact of the cyber espionage campaign, and PM imposes tighter curbs questioned whether Russia was tomorrow: PM to blame. “The Cyber Hack is far greater in the Fake News Media Reuters with a very heavy heart I must tell than in actuality,” Trump said on London you we cannot continue with Christ- By Joseph Varghese Meanwhile, Dr Abdullatif al-Khal, Twitter. “Russia, Russia, Russia is mas as planned,” Johnson told a news Staff Reporter chair of the National Health Strategic the priority chant when anything conference.”I sincerely believe there is Group on Covid-19 and head of Infec- happens because Lamestream is, for ritish Prime Minister Boris no alternative open to me.” tious Diseases at Hamad Medical Corpo- mostly financial reasons, petrified of Johnson yesterday imposed People in Tier 4, about a third of he fi rst batch of Covid-19 vac- ration, had said in October that Qatar had discussing the possibility that it may Btighter coronavirus curbs on the population of England, will be cine will arrive in Qatar tomor- signed agreements with Pfi zer and Bi- be China (it may!).” Page 15 millions of people in England and required to stay at home except for Trow, HE the Prime Minister and oNTech for their BNT162 mRNA-based largely reversed plans to ease restric- essential reasons such as work, and Minister of Interior, Sheikh Khalid bin candidate vaccine against Sars-CoV-2 as Post-Brexit talks grind tions over Christmas, as the country non-essential retail will close, as will Khalifa bin Abdulaziz al-Thani said in a well as with Moderna, a Massachusetts- battles a new more infectious strain of indoor leisure and entertainment. tweet yesterday. based biotech company. on, fi shing barrier to deal the virus. Social mixing will be limited to “Under the directives of His Highness Both the Pfi zer and Moderna vac- EU and UK negotiators pressed on The number of cases in England has Johnson speaks during a news meeting one other person in an out- the Amir, the fi rst shipment of Covid-19 cines have completed their clinical tri- with talks yesterday with no sign soared in the last two weeks because conference in response to the ongoing door space. vaccine will arrive day after tomorrow, als and have reported strong effi ciency of them breaking an impasse over of a variant of the virus that scientists situation with the coronavirus disease The new rules came into eff ect from and I have directed the health sector in producing antibodies against Cov- post-Brexit fishing rights in time to said is up to 70% more transmissible. pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street, Saturday midnight. to provide it to everyone according to id-19. Both the vaccine makers have save a trade deal. Fishing is now the Although Johnson and his scien- London, Britain, yesterday. “Millions will be heartbroken by health protocols. This is an important reported that their vaccines are 95% main obstacle to any pact that could tifi c advisors believe vaccines will still this news, having their Christmas step on the road to containing the pan- eff ective and safe for use among the be in place on January 1 to prevent be eff ective, and the new strain is not households to mix indoors for fi ve plans ripped up with less than a week’s demic and gradually returning life to wider population. an economic jolt on both sides of more deadly or more serious in terms days over the festive period and said notice,” opposition Labour leader Keir normal, and expressing our pride in the According to Dr al- Khal, The Min- the Channel as Britain leaves the of the illness caused, the prime min- London and southeast England, which Starmer said on Twitter. success of our plan to confront the dis- istry of Public Health has decided single market. One EU diplomat ister said the government had to take are currently in the highest level of a “At this time of national crisis, the ease, we renew our thanks to our medi- to provide the Covid-19 vaccine said Brussels had made Britain its urgent action. three-tier system of rules, would now British people want clear, decisive cal teams and all those involved,” tweet- free of charge to all Qatar residents. last off er on fishing access and it He tore up plans to allow three be placed in a new Tier 4 level. “It is leadership.” ed HE Sheikh Khalid. To Page 9 was down now to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to decide. Page 15 Lebanon police scuffl e Gifts for one and all with students Lebanese riot police yesterday Sustainability key feature of scuff led with students protesting a decision by top universities to adopt a new dollar exchange rate to price tuition - equivalent to a new Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium major fee hike. Near the entrance of the American University of Beirut (AUB) in the city’s Hamra ne of the key features of Ah- district, security forces fired tear mad Bin Ali Stadium, which gas to disperse protesters who Owas inaugurated yesterday, were trying to approach the main is its sustainability. The stadium gate. was reconstructed on the previous Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium and fulfi lled French ‘Ice man’ sets its sustainability goals by using 90% new world record of materials from the old stadium within the new project. Frenchman Romain Vandendorpe Al Rayyan Venue Precinct Direc- yesterday set a world record for tor Abdulla al-Fehani said: “In 2014, sitting immersed in ice cubes for we released a tender to appoint a de- the longest time, enduring the construction contractor. It is a spe- extreme challenge to raise money cialist job where you don’t demolish for childhood cancers. The 34-year- a building but you deconstruct it. old health worker remained buried You take the building apart in diff er- up to his neck in ice in a plexiglass ent elements. cabin for two hours, 35 minutes “Those elements included the and 43 seconds, breaking the concrete, the wiring, the steel which previous record by 40 minutes is part of the structure itself, and in the northern French town of other elements like the doors, seats Fireworks inside the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium before the Amir Cup Final match Wattrelos. He said he trained to and lights. We removed those ele- between Al Sadd and Al Arabi on Friday. “overcome human limits” by neuro- ments, then removed the structure cognitive techniques based on itself, until it was concluded.” other materials were used for tem- tions, while seat tags were saved and “imagination and concentration” Among the materials to be reused porary infrastructure, like labour ac- given to Al Rayyan supporters and to put himself in “a state of A woman carries gifts after attending a giveaway organised by Food Bank For New in the new stadium precinct was up- commodation.