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FRIDAY JULY 9, 2021 DHUL QADAH 29, 1442 VOL.14 NO. 53065 QR 2 Fajr: 3:21 am Dhuhr: 11:39 am FINE Asr: 3:03 pm Maghrib: 6:30 pm HIGH : 46°C LOW : 32°C Isha: 8:00 pm World 5 Business 7 Sports 12 Haitian police kill four suspects, Qatar expected to register trade Football’s almost home as detain 2 over president’s murder surplus of above $40 bn in 2021 England are in Euro 2020 final PM MEETS KUWAITI MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS NEW TRAVEL POLICY TO BE IN FORCE FROM JULY 12 Fully-vaccinated people exempt from quarantine QNA DOHA PEOPLE who are fully vac- cinated with an approved vaccine have been exempted from quarantine requirement. Qatar announced a new travel policy to ensure the continued facilitation of the entry pro- Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani met with cess into the country through Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology Affairs of air, land and sea ports for Vaccine now Kuwait HE Dr Rana Abdullah Al Fares and the accompanying delegation on the occasion of their visit to the travellers. country on Thursday. During the meeting, they reviewed fraternal relations between the two countries and The new travel policy will valid up to a the ways to strengthen and develop them, as well as matters of common interest. (QNA) come into effect from July 12. A new package of precau- year: MoPH tionary measures will be ap- plied to citizens, residents and ● Passengers coming to Qatar will have to pre-register PEOPLE who have been visitors, which were developed on the Ehteraz website (WWW.EHTERAZ.GOV.QA) and vaccinated with a Qatar- with the aim of making the attach all the required documents before arriving in Qatar approved vaccine will be travel experience easy and for a period of no less than 12 hours granted exemption from Qatar may give COVID-19 safe while safeguarding pub- quarantine for 12 months, lic health and the measures ● Only fully-vaccinated visitors who received any of the starting 14 days after the previously taken to limit the C0VID-19 vaccines recognised in Qatar with at least 14 required number of doses, vaccine to children below spread of COVID-19. days since the last dose are allowed to enter Qatar and the Ministry of Public As per the new policy, pas- are not required to quarantine Health said in the new sengers coming to Qatar from travel and return policy 12 by Sept-end: Dr Al Khal all ports will have to pre-reg- ● GCC citizens who was diagnosed and recovered from of Qatar. Previsouly, the ister on the “Ehteraz” website COVID-19 infection within any GCC member state during validity was nine months. TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK has received two doses of the (WWW.EHTERAZ.GOV.QA) the last 12 months and have then received a single dose Qatar has so far approved DOHA vaccine. and attach all the required of vaccine are exempted from quarantine five vaccines — Pfizer- Dr Al Khal said, “We in documents before arriving in BioNTech, Moderna, Oxford- DR Abdullatif Al Khal, Chair Qatar were able to control the Qatar for a period of no less ● Children below 11 years will follow the same entry regime Astrazeneca/Covishield, of the National Health Strat- third wave, thanks to the vac- than 12 hours. of their parents. If the latter are vaccinated, the children Janssen/Johnson&Johnson egy Group on COVID-19, has cination programme, which Only fully vaccinated visi- will be considered as vaccinated and Sinopharm. (TNN) said that children under 12 is moving at a rapid pace, the tors who received any of the years old may become eligible precautionary measures in C0VID-19 vaccines recognised for COVID-19 vaccine by the place and the commitment of in Qatar with at least 14 days end of September. members of the community. since the last dose, are allowed “We hope by September or This matter contributed to re- to enter Qatar, and they are October, the majority of the ● ducing the spread of the sec- not required to quarantine. Qatar to resume issuing tourist, population will have received Mask mandate to ond wave.” GCC citizens who were the vaccine. Children under remain in place for He said, “We have care- diagnosed and recovered 12 years old are not eligible some time fully developed a plan and it from COVID-19 in any GCC family entry visas from July 12 for vaccination at present, but consists of four stages. We are member state during the last THE Ministry of Interior announced the resumption of issuing tourist and family entry visas from there is a possibility that the ● Johnson & Johnson now in the third stage, and 12 months and have then re- July 12. In a statement on Thursday, the ministry within the framework of the new policies for travel vaccine will be approved for vaccine may be there are still some restric- ceived a single dose of vaccine and return to Qatar, and based on the recommendations of the Ministry of Public Health regarding this age group before the end added to the list of tions in place to ensure that are exempted from quarantine the developments of the COVID-19 at the local and global levels, decided, as of July 12 to resume of September. This will help vaccines in Qatar new strains of the virus do not 14 days after vaccination. Chil- issuing tourist and family entry visas. The ministry added that travellers coming to Qatar through us cover a larger segment of spread. From here, we must dren below 11 years will follow its land, sea and air ports will be subject to the requirements and procedures set by the Ministry the population,” Dr Al Khal ● Third booster dose be careful and not move from the same entry regime as their of Public Health, whether with regard to those who have been vaccinated with vaccines approved told Qatar TV. may be needed one stage to another unless parents. If the latter are vac- in Qatar or those who will be subject to quarantine procedures approved in the country to limit the He said the mask mandate the indicators are reassuring.” cinated, the children will be spread of the coronavirus. The authorities concerned at the Ministry of Interior appealed to the will remain in place for some ● AstraZeneca vaccine With regard to the closure considered as vaccinated. public to adhere to the requirements and procedures that were developed for this purpose before time. is also being given of the vaccination center for All travellers to Qatar are commencing the application procedures. (QNA) “We have not reached the business and industry, Dr Al required to do a pre-travel stage of doing away with the Dr Al Khal, however, ex- Khal said this centre is one of COVID-19 PCR test within 72 COVID-19 PCR tests. The PCR border. that can be obtained from one mask rule and this will not pressed the hope that the the largest vaccination centres hours of arrival in Qatar at the test result should be nega- They are required to in- of the local providers (Oore- happen in the near future. wearing of mask will be elimi- in the world. country of origin in a medical tive before they are allowed to stall and activate Ehteraz app doo or Vodafone). However, we are waiting for nated at a time when the vast centre that their local health board the airplane to Qatar or on their mobile phone using the right time,” he added. majority of the population Continued on page 2 authority approved to perform enter the state through the land locally authorized SIM cards Continued on page 2 Qatar sends food aid to Lebanese army THe first shipment of food aid 500 days to go: Qatar on track provided by Qatar to the army of the Lebanese Republic landed at Rafic HaririI nternational Airport on Thursday. An Amiri Air Force plane belonging to the to host memorable World Cup Qatari Armed Forces arrived at THE first World Cup in the Middle East and Arab Rafic Hariri International Airport world will kick off on November 21, when Qatar take carrying 70 tonnes of food their World Cup bow at the tournament’s first match product. at the stunning Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor City. And The shipment of aid was July 9, 2021, marks the 500-day countdown to received by a military delega- the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Qatar’s infrastructure tion from the Lebanese army projects, including stadiums and training sites, have leadership that included Staff reached 95 percent completion. Four stadiums have Brigadier General Ali Shareef been inaugurated, the metro is up and running and representing Commander of a host of expressways have been built. Nasser the Lebanese Armed General Al Khater, CEO of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, Joseph Aoun, and a number of spoke of his country’s pride in hosting the biggest diplomats at the Embassy of single-sport event in the world. “Five-hundred days Qatar in the Lebanese Re- to go means we’re getting very close,” said Al public. Qatar will support the Khater. “It’s been ten years in the making and this Lebanese army with 70 tonnes will be the biggest event that’s ever happened in the of food products a month for a Middle East.” PAGES 10, 11 & 15 year. (QNA) PAGE 2 02 Friday, July 9, 2021 Contact US: Qatar Tribune I EDITORIAL I Phone: 40002222 I ADMINISTRATION & MARKETING I Phone: 40002155, 40002122, Fax: 40002235 P.O.

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