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Fresh Virus Outbreak Gulf Times 2 Sunday, April 26, 2020 QATAR NHRC reviews precautionary measures at workers’ housing, quarantine facilities lMonitoring team visits quarantine centres in Industrial Area, Umm Salal and Mesaieed and hotels housing residents subjected to compulsory quarantine QNA Doha he field visits and moni- toring team of the Na- Ttional Human Rights Committee (NHRC) has visited workers in some parts of the In- dustrial Area that were subjected to quarantine, several quaran- tine places for workers in Umm Salal and Mesaieed, and some hotels designated for quaran- tine, to identify the precaution- ary measures followed there and the quality of health services provided to reduce the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). The NHRC team during its visit to the places of quarantine in Industrial Area, Umm Salal and Mesaieed and the hotels housing quarantined residents. This is part of the continua- tion of the NHRC’s visits pro- tasks entrusted to it, and in im- masks for workers to prevent the who had contact with them, and tunity to know about the prepara- close follow-up of any case of in- took a closer look at the precau- gramme, which in the previous plementation of the regulations spread of the epidemic, he added. the plans taken to ensure that tion of a new emergency field clin- fection among the workers since tionary measures followed in the stage, included penal institutions and laws that regulate the work Dr al-Kuwari pointed out that the epidemic does not transmit ic that will open soon, he added. the diagnoses of the infection un- hotels which receive the resi- and places of detention. The pro- of the committee. the monitoring committee team within the Industrial Area. Meanwhile, the NHRC team til completion of treatment. dents subjected to compulsory gramme will continue during the Dr al-Kuwari explained that also briefed officials during the About the quality of health- also visited the quarantine centres Dr al-Kuwari noted that the quarantine, al-Kuwari added. coming days to include many the NHRC has obtained extensive meetings on the implementation care provided to infected work- for workers infected with corona- workers’ residence areas are He noted that the team lis- more institutions and bodies con- information about the number of of the precautionary measures ers, Dr al-Kuwari said that the virus in Umm Salal and Mesaieed. provided with laboratories and tened to comprehensive expla- cerned with the application of workers in some parts of the In- approved by the Atate in some team reviewed the work of the Dr al-Kuwari said that the team medical care rooms that include nations on the health services precautionary measures approved dustrial Area that were subjected parts of the Industrial Area that mobile inspection units inside spoke to officials and patients in a sufficient number of beds, provided to the residents, and by the official authorities to con- to quarantine, the size of hous- were subjected to quarantine, es- the Industrial Area, which are the centres, and listened to exten- oxygen tubes, and artificial res- the strict precautionary pro- tain Covid-19. ing facilities, the conditions of pecially sterilisation and clean- responsible for examining those sive explanations about a number pirators, if needed, in addition to cedures followed by the hotel On the goals of the visit to residence and housing of workers, ing operations that the region has living there, and the mechanisms of patients and the general situa- isolation areas between patients. management to prevent mixing some parts of the Industrial Area shelter services, and the quality of been subjected to since the start of used to conduct examinations, tion inside quarantine areas and Places for entertainment and ex- and ensure required distancing, that were subjected to quaran- healthy food and nutritional sup- the application of the quarantine, as well as reviewing the process the needs of the isolated persons. ercise and sports were also pro- as well as the services provided tine, Vice-Chairman of NHRC plements provided to workers in and health services provided to of distributing masks and steri- The team noted great care in terms vided in order to maintain the to clean the rooms, the quality of and chairman of the field visit quarantine in the region, espe- residents and workers. lisers, in addition to visiting sev- of attention, accommodation, hy- psychological health for resi- healthy food, ventilation in the and monitoring committee, Dr cially to those with chronic dis- Dr al-Kuwari added that the eral commercial complexes, food giene, and other additional serv- dents of those centres. The team rooms, laundry and other health Mohamed Saif al-Kuwari, said eases, and the elderly. team was briefed on the proce- stores, pharmacies, and open ices, as well as ensuring no over- was also briefed on the services services necessary for the safety that based on NHRC’s con- During the visit to Industrial dures used to treat people infect- exchange offices in the Indus- crowding in the rooms. provided to protect the guards and security of the residents. cern for the health and safety of Area, the NHRC team inspected ed with the virus, the preventive trial Area. In the Umm Salal quarantine and supervisors at the work- Dr al-Kuwari said that work- workers, and everyone who lives the distribution points of the food medical equipment provided for The officials of the Industrial centre, the team was briefed about ers’ residence areas, and made ers in places of quarantine and in Qatar, it visited the various baskets for workers, the mecha- workers to protect them from the Area have informed the team that the medical services provided sure that they received all health the residents in the hotels were places of major human gather- nism of work, and distributed risk of transmission of the virus, the medical centres distribute there. A team of 45 people from services and medical checks re- given the hotlines of the NHRC ings to inspect the precautionary some necessary health supplies, including the procedures used the medicine free of charge to the various medical specialities pro- quired for doctors and workers. and were urged to contact when- measures followed, as per the including free sterile bags and to isolate the infected and those needy, and the visit was an oppor- vide care at the centre to ensure During the visit, the team also ever needed. In brief UNEP praises GAC plan for disposal of ozone-damaging substances FM holds phone QNA talks with Doha Iran, Afghan he United Nations counterparts Environment Pro- Tgramme (UNEP) HE the Deputy Prime praised the initiative of the Minister and Minister of General Authority of Cus- Foreign Affairs Sheikh toms (GAC) for holding the Mohamed bin Abdulrahman online training programme al-Thani yesterday received (the role of customs in the a telephone call from Iranian phasing out of ozone harm- Foreign Minister Mohamed ful substances), which was The GAC Customs Training Centre organised the programme Javad Zareef. organised by the Customs through the newly launched online training and education The call focused on Training Centre in co-op- platform. reviewing bilateral eration with the Ministry of relations, and co-ordinating Municipality and Environ- of the programme, HE the to the interaction between efforts to contain the ment and the UNEP from Chairman of GAC Ahmed the programme participants, coronavirus (Covid-19), April 21-23. bin Abdullah al-Jamal who numbered 130 people the latest developments in The GAC Customs Train- stressed the authority’s in- from all disciplines related to Afghanistan and issues of ing Centre organised the terest in this international the subject. joint interest. programme, which is the programme that aims to He said that GAC plans lHE the Deputy Prime first of its kind with the UN, protect the environment and to continue to implement Minister and Minister of through the newly launched the phasing out of ozone- training programmes re- Foreign Affairs Sheikh online training and educa- depleting substances. motely. Mohamed bin Abdulrahman tion platform, aiming at The training programme James Corlin, policy di- al-Thani yesterday received starting the implementation focused on several major rector and ozone action a telephone call from of the phase-out plan for axes related to the protection network in the legal divi- Afghanistan’s Minister of ozone-depleting substances of the ozone layer, the most sion of the UN - Paris Office, Foreign Affairs Mohamed in Qatar. important of which are the stressed his gratitude for the Haneef Atmar. The UNEP reported about Vienna Convention for the prominent role played by The call reviewed this training programme Protection of the Ozone Lay- the GAC, in addition to the bilateral relations, and through their official Twit- er, the licensing system and role of the Ministry of Mu- co-ordinating efforts to ter account in Arabic and the identification of risks to nicipality and Environment contain the coronavirus English and praised Qatar’s combat illegal trade in these and all participants, indicat- (Covid-19), in addition to a efforts in this regard, stress- substances, and customs ing that the coming period number of issues of joint ing that the country was procedures for ozone-de- will witness continuous co- interest. proactive in preparing the pleting substances. operation to implement the requirements to participate Director of the Customs national plan for the phase- Qatar- Moroccan in this program despite the Training Centre Mubarak al- out of ozone-damaging challenges caused by the Buainain emphasised build- substances in Qatar through health sector spread of the coronavirus ing the capacity for the suc- customs as the first line of ties reviewed (Covid-19). cess of the programme and defence for environmental During the closing session achieving its goals, pointing protection.
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