www.thepeninsula.qa Wednesday 29 April 2020 Volume 25 | Number 8242 6 Ramadan - 1441 2 Riyals BUSINESS | 01 PENMAG | 06 SPORT | 12 GWC posts Classifieds Olympic QR50.3m and Services Games chief in net section rules out profits included further delay Amir directs Amir approves three sending urgent medical aid to Cabinet decisions Algeria QNA — DOHA QNA — DOHA of Commerce & Industry. The decision is effective starting from its date of Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al issues and is to be published in the Hamad Al Thani has directed Thani approved yesterday the Cabinet official gazette. sending urgent medical aid to decision No. 10 of 2020 to form a H H the Amir also approved yes- the sisterly People’s Demo- committee on real estate sector devel- terday the Cabinet decision No. 12 of cratic Republic of Algeria, in opment strategy. 2020 on the executive regulations of support of efforts of the The committee will be chaired by Law No. 1 of 2020 regarding the unified brothers in Algeria to fight the H E the Minister of Municipality and economic registry. outbreak of the pandemic of Environment. The decision is effective starting coronavirus. The committee will have the mem- from the day following the date of its bership of a representative from each publication in the official gazette. of Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Qatari committee Finance, Ministry of Justice, Ministry Al Thani approved yesterday the gives ‘Maskan of Municipality and Environment, Cabinet decision No. 11 of 2020, on reor- Ministry of Commerce & Industry, ganising Qatar National Commission Kareem’ project's Ministry of Administrative Devel- for Education, Culture and Science. opment, Labor and Social Affairs, The decision is effective starting first payment in Qatar Central Bank, Qatar Financial from its date of issue and is to be pub- Markets Authority and Qatar Chamber lished in the official gazette. Gaza Strip QNA — GAZA Chairman of Qatar’s Gaza 5 hospitals designated to treat COVID-19 patients Reconstruction Committee H E Ambassador Mohammed QNA — DOHA allowed to work in treatment Five hospitals and four health centers dedicated for development and innovation Al Emadi said that the institutions in the government COVID-19 services centers have provided Hamad Committee, in coordination Director of the Public Health sector in order to strengthen the Medical Corporation with some with Qatar Fund for Devel- Department of the Ministry of medical and paramedical staff Licensed practitioners in private sector allowed to of the equipment available in opment (QFFD) has delivered Public Health, Dr. Sheikh in the face of the coronavirus order to help speed up labo- the first financial payment of Mohammed bin Hamad Al Thani, and provide more and faster work in government treatment institutions ratory testing procedures. the State of Qatar’s grant to a has stated that Qatar has so far medical and nursing services. He announced that Qatar number of beneficiaries from designated five hospitals to care Responding to a question Qatar Foundation is working on developing a test Foundation is also working on the Maskan Kareem (A Decent for COVID-19 patients along with related to the future plans of the that would help determine the presence of COVID-19 developing a test that would help House) project to renovate the four health centers for testing, Ministry of Public Health to handle in terms of determining the homes of the poor in Gaza Strip. examining and keeping the spread of the COVID-19 QF and Qatar Computing Research Institute to develop presence of COVID-19, in addition H E Ambassador Al Emadi suspected cases in addition to a disease, Dr. Al Thani said that the an application for diagnosis and monitoring to developing potential treatment explained that about 120 families hospital for medical isolation. goal of addressing this pandemic mechanisms. Furthermore, it is in Gaza Strip are expected to In an interview with Qatar was not only to slow the spread About 30 hotels are equipped with the highest working in cooperation with benefit from $1m grant for reno- News Agency (QNA), he has said of the virus to reduce the number standards of safety for quarantine Qatar Computing Research vating the homes of the poor. that five hospitals were designated of infected people and decrease Institute to develop an application H E pointed out that the to treat COVID-19 patients, which its burden on the health system, Health cadres have been trained and qualified for diagnosis and monitoring. process of selecting the bene- are the Communicable Disease but the main objective from the On a question regarding ficiary families was done in Center, Hazm Mebaireek General beginning was to prevent an remotely by WHO experts quarantine that was imple- cooperation with the Public Hospital, The Cuban Hospital, ascendant curve as much as 10 percent of those infected with the virus do not mented since the beginning of Works Ministry for those clas- Mesaieed Hospital, and Ras Laffan possible. the crisis, the Director of Public sified in the Ministry’s lists as Hospital, in addition to four health “We have faced a serious show clinical symptoms Health revealed that about 30 the worst cases economically centers for testing, examining and challenge since the end of Feb- hotels were equipped with the and most in need of restoration, keeping suspected cases, which ruary after the Qatari citizens equipment, the Ministry of which is monitored through highest standards of safety for which met the criteria for ben- are Gharafat Al Rayyan, Umm were evacuated from Iran, in Public Health accelerated the periodic reports. quarantine, where rooms were efiting from the project. `P3 Salal, Muaither and Rawdat Al addition to the return of citizens provision of medical, nursing He also pointed to the launch allocated for individual cases Khail health centers. from the affected countries to and technical cadres and of the “For Qatar” campaign by and for families, in addition to Ramadan Timing The Director of the Public Qatar, which contributed to the employed additional physicians the Ministry of Public Health clinics within hotels for medical Health Department added that increase in the number of infec- to support the medical and with the aim of attracting vol- and paramedical personnel for medical isolation hospital in tions and the rise in the nursing staff assigned to work unteers to help reduce the case management, evaluation, Today's Iftar: Umm Salal area was made numbers of new cases,” he said. in the field to respond to the spread of the pandemic. The vol- monitoring and follow-up. ready on April 9, 2020, with a On the medical teams’ corona epidemic. unteers were trained at the Edu- He stated that medical staff 6:06pm capacity of 12,500 beds, and it current handling of the corona- He added that the health cation City’s Student Center in perform daily medical evalu- is equipped with all the nec- virus crisis, the Director of the cadres have been trained and Qatar Foundation for Education, ation of the resident in quar- Tomorrow's essary health requirements, Public Health Department said qualified remotely by WHO Science and Community Devel- antine to detect his health status facilities and safety to receive due to the State’s keenness on experts, pointing out that opment (QF), and they have and measure the temperature Imsak: those infected with the virus. the right of everyone to health, quality and performance indi- embarked on their volunteering and ensure that no pathological 03:28am He also revealed that including providing the nec- cators have been developed to work with enthusiasm. symptoms appear as tests are licensed practitioners in the essary medical care for them measure the readiness of the Dr. Al Thani also said that done every two days periodically private sector were recently and the necessary supplies and hospital system in the country, Qatar Foundation’s research, to detect the virus. `P2 Number of COVID-19 recoveries Employers asked Restaurants start contactless to open bank home delivery to tackle virus reaches 1,134 as new cases decline accounts for SACHIN KUMAR to give exact amount of cash to — DOHA domestic workers THE PENINSULA and the recovery of 68 cases of Qatar till yesterday stands at THE PENINSULA the delivery person. the disease, bringing the total 11,921 and there are 10,777 THE PENINSULA — DOHA “All of our deliveries are now The Ministry of Public Health number of recovered cases to active cases under treatment. Stepping up efforts to ensure a completely contactless for your (MoPH) has announced the 1,134, yesterday. The Ministry conducted 2898 The Ministry of Administrative safe and clean dining expe- safety and that of our riders,” said registration of 677 new The total number of positive tests yesterday taking the total Development, Labour and rience for customers, the Pizza Hut on its website. “Our confirmed cases of COVID-19 COVID-19 cases recorded in tests done so far to 88,607 tests. Social Affairs has called on restaurants and online food drivers use mini-stools to place Most of the new cases regis- employers to open bank delivery platforms have started food on while they step back to tered are due to expatriate workers accounts for domestic workers. contactless home delivery help keep a safe distance from QATAR UPDATES working in different occupations This comes as part of service. KFC, Pizza Hut, your home entrance. Simply pick C VID-19 ON 28 APRIL 2020 who have been in contact with Qatar’s keenness to provide Talabat, Hardee’s and other up your order from our sanitised previously discovered cases, as banking services to all seg- restaurants and have started mini-stool, then enjoy your deli- well as recording new cases of ments of society, including offering contactless home cious meal,” it added explaining COVID-19 among groups of domestic workers, and Qatar delivery of food orders to limit the steps involved in contactless NEW TOTAL ACTIVE NEW CASES workers from outside the indus- Central Bank circular regarding the spread of COVID-19.