FRIDAY MARCH 19, 2021 SHABAN 6, 1442 VOL.14 NO. 5210 QR 2 Fajr: 4:24 am Dhuhr: 11:42 am FINE Asr: 3:08 pm Maghrib: 5:45 pm HIGH : 37°C LOW : 27 °C Isha: 7:15 pm World 5 Business 6 Sports 9 EU regulator deems Qatar a global reference Off He Goes battles hard AstraZeneca vaccine safe after point in commercial for Late Yousef Al Romaihi blood clot reports use of 5G: Yang Cup triumph Amir condoles with acting Tanzanian prez Food Safety Lab opens at Hamad Port HIS Highness the Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Lab will speed up clearance procedures of food shipments bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of condolences to Acting Lab includes 10 test centres and a store of chemicals President of the United Repub- lic of Tanzania Samia Hassan QNA safety of results, in a way that Port’s accomplishments. The Suluhu on the death of Presi- DOHA contributes to ensuring qual- lab will complement efforts dent John Magufuli. (QNA) ity and safety of food in local to accelerate the process for MINISTER of Public Health market. food import companies in Qa- HE Dr Hanan Mohamed Al She said opening labs tar and protect the interests Kuwari and Minister of Trans- at the main port facilitates of traders and importers, in QU ranks 26th port and Communications clearance procedures of food addition to enhancing the re- HE Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti shipments. The minister indi- quirements of shipping opera- globally in THE inaugurated the Food Safety cated that the lab obtained in- tors, he added. Rankings Lab, affiliated to MoPH Cen- ternational accreditation (ISO Al Sulaiti pointed out that tral Food Laboratories, at 17025) for the results before the lab building has been con- QATAR University (QU) has Hamad Port on Thursday. its official opening. The lab structed by the Hamad Port been ranked 26th overall in Dr Al Kuwari affirmed the includes 10 test centres and a Project Steering Committee the Times Higher Education ministry’s keenness to en- store of chemicals. It aims to in accordance with the highest (THE) Emerging Economies hance the capabilities of food accelerate analysis and con- international technical stand- University Rankings for 2021, safety management system trol of food, facilitate early re- ards in order to achieve the vi- entering the top 30 for the in harmony with the best in- lease of food shipments, and sion of the Ministry of Trans- rst time. Among 55 Arab uni- ternational standards, that reduce the storage burden on port and Communications in versities, QU is ranked third in required development of lab ports. integrating the port facilities the Arab world, indicating its services. She said the lab uses For his part, Al Sulaiti said work mechanisms using the strength of excellence in the the latest internationally ap- the inauguration of the food latest advance technology. region. PAGE 2 proved analysis techniques safety laboratory is consid- Minister of Public Health HE Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari and Minister of Transport and Communications to ensure the accuracy and ered a new addition to Hamad Continued on page 2 HE Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti during the inauguration of Food Safety Lab at Hamad Port on Thursday. 30% attendance in schools 8th int’l agricultural expo Initiative to help people get rid from Sunday: Edu ministry to kick off on March 23 of old furniture, TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK students will be allowed in a the same school schedule: QNA appliances DOHA classroom. The schools are re- working hours start at 7:15am DOHA quired to use the open space in and end at 12:30 pm, provided launched THE student attendance rate the school building and convert that the school schedule in- UNDER the patronage of Prime in both the government and them into classes to achieve so- cludes 30 lessons per week, six Minister and Minister of Interi- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK private schools will be 30 per- cial distancing. There must be classes a day, and the class time or HE Sheikh Khalid bin Khal- DOHA cent of the total capacity from at least 1.5 metres of distance is 45 minutes, with a separation ifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, the Sunday, the Ministry of Edu- between one student and an- of five minutes between each Ministry of Municipality and On the Global Recycling Day, cation and Higher Education other. The schools must apply class. Environment (MME) is organ- a community-based initiative (MoEHE) has announced. all precautionary measures to As per private schools, the ising Qatar’s 8th International has been launched to help In a circular on Thursday, ensure the safety of students attendance rate should not ex- Agricultural Exhibition 2021 Ofcials announce the details of International Agricultural Exhibition people in Qatar recycle bulk the ministry said the blended and employees in the school ceed 30 percent of the capacity. and the second Qatar Interna- 2021 and the second Qatar International Environmental Exhibition at items such as old furniture education system will continue building. They are also required A maximum of 15 students will tional Environmental Exhibi- a press conference in Doha on Thursday. and appliances. to be in force with commitment to adhere to previous circulars be allowed in a classroom with tion from March 23 to 27 at the The initiative is being to all the approved COVID-19 issued by the ministry’s Secu- a safe distance of 1.5 metres be- Doha Exhibition and Conven- vironmental sectors. Ehteraz app with green status rolled out by the Sea Shore precautionary measures. rity and Safety Department tween a student and another. tion Center. He said all necessary pre- while committing to wear a Group, in cooperation with As per the government regarding cancelling the morn- The ministry affirmed that At a press conference on ventive measures will be taken mask throughout the period of the Ministry of Municipal- schools, the teaching and ad- ing queue and group activities “distance learning” system will Thursday, Head of Organising to ensure the health and safety his visit to the exhibition. ity and Environment. If you ministrative staff will be at 100 such as trips, camps and cel- continue to be applied in pri- Committee of the Exhibition of the participants and visi- Focus will be placed on the have any recyclable materi- percent with continuation of ebrations and converting them vate schools on days when stu- and Director of Public Parks tors. The pre-registration pro- participation of specialists and als and wish to take part blended learning for students into virtual whenever possible. dents do not come to the school Department Mohammed Ali Al cess will be organised for those those interested in the agricul- in the initiative, please call with maximum 30% attend- The schools are required to building. Khouri affirmed that holding wishing to attend via a link to tural and environmental fields. the ministry’s hotline at ance rate. implement the attendance and The schools are required to the exhibition this year comes in the exhibition site. Children will not be allowed to 184. The group will provide The schools will be required absence policy, and raising sta- exclude the student who is sick exceptional circumstances due After registering the data, enter due to the failure to hold vehicles to transport any to send text messages to par- tistics periodically to manage with a chronic disease and has a to the challenges of coronavirus, a barcode will arrive on the special events for them to pre- recyclable materials to ents of their children’s time school affairs. medical certificate approved for as Qatar was keen to organise it person’s phone to enter the ex- serve their safety. the appropriate centres in in the school building. As per The ministry stressed the that from working in the school due to its great importance for hibition. The visitor will be re- Qatar. the circular, a maximum of 15 importance of continuing with building. the agricultural, animal and en- quired to show the application Continued on page 2 Qatar, UK sign Vaccination speed gives hope for a ‘No quarantine exception for those MoU to support who received COVID jabs abroad’ children’s gradual return to normal: MoPH edu in Syria TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK 538,441 COVID-19 DOHA Until now there QATAR, represented by vaccine doses given is no agreement Qatar Fund for Develop- HAMAD General Hospital between Qatar ment, has signed a Memo- so far in Qatar Medical Director Dr Yousef Al and any other country on randum of Understanding Maslamani has said that at a mutual exception from with the United Kingdom TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK present no exception is being quarantine regarding the represented in the Foreign DOHA made for those who received issue of vaccination... If and Commonwealth Ofce, the COVID-19 vaccine outside the health ministers meet to support the education of A total of 538,441 COVID-19 the country from quarantine. and decide on the mutual children in Northwest Syria vaccine doses have been “Until now there is no agreement, then of course it and provide them with their administered to community agreement between Qatar and will be implemented.” needs. members since the start of the any other country on a mutual The agreement aims to COVID-19 National Vaccination normal in Qatar and all over added. exception from quarantine — Dr Yousef Al Maslamani provide important resources Programme, the Ministry of the world, but that won’t hap- Qatar on Thursday re- regarding the issue of vaccina- that would guarantee the Public Health has said.