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THE BIGGEST MEGA PRIZE QAR 2.5 MILLION Offer valid from 5th of March 2020 to 31st January 2021 INDIVIDUAL PRIZE IN QATAR! 2 WINNERS QAR 1 MILLION EACH 457 LUCKY WINNERS QatarTribune Qatar_Tribune QatarTribuneChannel qatar_tribune TUESDAY APRIL 7, 2020 SHA`BAAN 14, 1441 VOL.13 NO. 4914 QR 2 Fajr: 4:02 am Dhuhr: 11:36 am Asr: 3:05 pm Maghrib: 5:54 pm Isha: 7:24 pm Business 8 Sports 11 Qatari stocks up for FIFA urges clubs and PARTLY CLOUDY HIGH : 35°C third session in row as players to reach agreement LOW : 24°C QSE jumps 222 points over wages: Sources Qatar wins UN MoI deploys all resources to praise for efforts to beat COVID-19 combat COVID-19 epidemic Fazaa Police have fully activated their All depts working to ensure capabilities, and officers and individu- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK strict implementation of als have been trained to deal with the DOHA situations of coronavirus affected cases health & safety guidelines and with the public,” he said. THE United Nation (UN) has In order to ensure the safety of peo- praised the efforts of Qatar QNA ple, the number of patrols has increased, in combating the coronavirus DOHA he said, adding that patrols are deployed (COVID-19) epidemic at the na- in all areas of the country to monitor tional level and safeguarding THE Ministry of Interior (MoI) has mo- compliance with the instructions issued all who live in Qatar without bilised all its resources and capabilities to by the competent authorities. discrimination by providing protect society from coronavirus (COV- He said the Al-Fazaa police are free medical care and high ID-19) by following-up on the implemen- protecting all quarantine sites identi- quality services. tation of precautionary measures and fied by the Ministry of PublicH ealth This came as Assistant participating in community awareness to receive positive or suspected cases. Foreign Minister and Official campaigns. eral Directorate of Traffic are playing a and human capabilities and strength- These sites are fully secured to reduce Spokesperson of the Supreme HE Lolwah bint Rashid al Khater The concerned departments have key role in this regard. ened its training activities and security the spread of the virus, he said, adding Committee for Crisis Manage- briefed UN representatives about been working to ensure that the people Lt Col Nayef bin Faleh al Thani, patrols to cover various regions. that they also have the task of securing ment HE Lolwah bint Rashid al Qatar’s steps to combat coronavi- adhere to the safety guidelines. Director of Al-Fazaa, said the Al-Najda “We are facing an exceptional situ- the closed parts of the Industrial Area Khater held a remote meeting rus epidemic on Monday. The Al-Najda Police Department Police Department plays a pivotal secu- ation that does not brook any kind of over 24 hours. with a number of United Na- (Al-Fazaa) and the Patrol and Traffic rity role in tackling the spread of coro- negligence. We have to stand firm to tions representatives in Qatar the Coronavirus HE Khalid bin Investigation Department of the Gen- navirus. It has mobilised all its financial prevent the spread of the virus. Al- Continued on page 2 and the region to inform them Rashid al Mansouri. about the efforts of Qatar From the United Nations, (both locally and internation- Director of UNESCO’s Office ally) in combating the corona- in the Arab States of the Gulf virus (COVID-19) epidemic. and Yemen Dr Anna Paolini, The UN representatives Director of the International GCO launches coronavirus also commended the interna- Labor Organization Office in tional efforts of Qatar by send- Qatar Houtan Homayounpour, info service on WhatsApp ing medical shipments and aid Director of the UN Human to friendly countries, and the Rights Training and Docu- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK To use the free Coronavirus Information evacuation of people stranded mentation Centre in Qatar DOHA Service on WhatsApp, simply save the number in the epidemic areas, includ- Dr Abdel Salam Sidahmed, +974 6006 0601 in your phone contacts, then ing United Nations personnel. UNICEF Head of Office in THE Government Communications Office send a WhatsApp message in any language to The remote meeting was Qatar Anthony MacDonald, (GCO) on Monday launched Coronavirus Infor- get started. attended by Adviser to the Acting Head of Office at mation Service on WhatsApp. The conversation can also be started via: Minister of Foreign Affairs for UNHCR Ayat El Dewary, and The new service, which is free-to-use, pro- https://wa.me/97460060601?text=Hi International Development, WHO representative in the vides a central source of accurate, trustworthy Sheikh Thamer bin Hamad al Thani, Deputy representative of the Ministry region Dr Rayana Bou-Haka and up-to-date informa- Director of the Govern- 228 more test positive of Foreign Affairs in the Na- participated in the remote tion about coronavirus ment Communications Of- tional Committee to Combat meeting. (COVID-19). fice for Media Affairs, said, for virus, eight recover The Coronavirus In- “Maintaining the safety of formation Service is an citizens and residents in TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK came to Qatar and others automated “chatbot” ser- Qatar is our top priority. DOHA related to contacts. The vice that allows citizens To ensure that the public new cases have been put in and residents in Qatar to is kept informed during the Qatar registered 228 new cas- quarantine and are receiving HMC changes get answers to the most crisis, we have developed es of coronavirus (COVID-19) the necessary medical care, common questions about The service will provide information a user-friendly service to on Monday, taking the total it added. visitor policy (PG 2) coronavirus from the give people instant access number of confirmed cases to The MoPH urged everyone Ministry of Public Health on topics such as coronavirus preven- to the latest information on 1,832, the Ministry of Public to cooperate fully and adhere and the GCO 24 hours tion and symptoms, the latest num- the virus. This includes the Health (MoPH) has announced. to all health guidelines and a day in six languages: ber of cases, advice on staying at latest statistics from the In a statement, the MoPH preventive measures to re- Arabic, English, Urdu, home, travel advice and mythbusting Ministry of Public Health said eight more people also duce the risk of infection with Over 151,000 benefit Hindi, Nepali, and Ma- and vital information recovered from the virus in the virus. It also stressed the layalam. about how people can pro- the last 24 hours, bringing importance of adhering to the from QC’s COVID-19 The service will provide information on top- tect themselves and others. Our aim is to raise the total number of recover- decision to prevent all forms (PG 14 ) ics such as coronavirus prevention and symp- public awareness in our community.” ies to 131. of assembly and adhere to campaign toms, the latest number of cases, advice on stay- It said some new cases the procedures of domestic ing at home, travel advice and mythbusting. Continued on page 2 are related to travellers who quarantine. Ashghal opens upgraded road, intersection Qatar Pharma to produce 6 mn QNA nal to Al-Majd Road to provide DOHA commuters access to the mar- ket via the exit located at Al- masks a month by April-end THE Public Works Authority Sailiya Road. (Ashghal) has completed the This opening also coincides TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK development works on a road with the opening of Al Sailiyya DOHA and an intersection within the Central Market, as the new Road Improvement Works road and junction will serve the Qatar Pharma will set up a production line for in Al Rayyan Area — Phase 5 market visitors and more than face masks with a capacity to produce 6 million Project, and both are now ful- 200 commercial outlets. pieces a month by the end of April, its Chair- ly open to traffic. The recent As part of the Road Im- man Dr Ahmed Mohamed al Sulaiti has said. upgrade will help facilitate ac- provement Works in Rayyan “The masks will be of surgical type and will the Ministry of Public Health,” Dr Ahmed said, cess to the Al-Sailiya Central Area — Phase 5 Project, Ash- significantly meet the local demand,” said Dr expressing hope that the product will be ready Market. ghal finished the construction Ahmed. The production line was being readied for mass production in a short time. Head of Western Areas Sec- The upgrade of road and intersection will help facilitate access to the of 2.2 km of roads to serve by specialised technicians, he added. “The product uses six types of herbs known tion in the Roads Projects De- Al-Sailiya Central Market. and connect the local sewer- He said Qatar Pharma recently developed a for their ability to raise the efficiency of the im- partment Eng Fahd Mohamed age plant with Al-Sailiya main herbal medicine that would increase the effi- mune system,” he told Al Rayaan TV. al Otaibi said the recently com- Road that connects it to the In addition, the improve- road, where the traffic density ciency of the human immune system. Dr Ahmed said the product has been pleted works under this project 2.1 km-long newly constructed ment works involved a 2.3 for tankers is estimated to be “We have conducted clinical tests of this tried on many people and proven efficient in include construction of a new street leading to Al-Sailiya Cen- km section of Al-Sailiya Road around 2,500-3,000 tankers product and are awaiting the approval from strengthening the immune system.