Qatar Extends QR3 Bn Guarantees to Banks
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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 MONDAY MARCH 30, 2020 SHA`BAAN 6, 1441 VOL.13 NO. 4907 QR 2 Fajr: 4:11 am Dhuhr: 11:39 am Asr: 3:07 pm Maghrib: 5:50 pm Isha: 7:20 pm Business 8 Sports 11 Six-month loan deferment Tokyo organisers eye PARTLY CLOUDY HIGH : 28°C to help 450 SMEs deal with July 2021 for delayed LOW : 21°C COVID-19 impact: QDB Olympics: Reports Qatar extends QR3 bn More measures in place guarantees to banks to ward off coronavirus Govt support will Non-emergency help companies services at private pay their rents and salaries clinics suspended QNA TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA DOHA UPON the directives of the THE Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin suspended some non-emergency health Hamad al Thani to support services at private clinics and hospitals 3 more recover from virus; the economic and financial as part of preventive and precautionary sector within the framework measures to limit the spread of coronavirus of the precautionary meas- (COVID-19) in the country. 44 new cases registered ures to combat the spread of The move also aims at ensuring the THREE more people recovered from infection are related to travellers who the coronavirus (COVID-19), health and safety of patients and healthcare coronavirus (COVID-19) on Sunday, have returned to Qatar, while others are Prime Minister and Minister workers. bringing the total number of recoveries due to contacts with some previously- of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid In a circular, the MoPH said the ser- to 48 in the country, the Ministry of diagnosed cases. bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz al vices such as dental clin- Public Health (MoPH) The new cases have been put into Thani on Sunday allocated ics, dermatology and laser BATTLE has announced. quarantine where they are receiving the guarantees to local banks clinics, plastic surgery clin- AGAINST Forty-four more necessary medical care, it added. worth QR3 billion. Central Bank (QCB) said the Development Bank (QDB) to ics and surgical procedures people also tested So far, 18,877 people have been The guarantees were in amount of QR3 billion comes banks. have been suspended until COVID-19 positive for coronavirus, tested for the virus in Qatar. line with the Amir’s directives within the support package The Qatar Central Bank, further notice. taking the total number The statement said the MoPH is to support and provide finan- for granting soft loans without in cooperation with the Qatar The MoPH has also directed to stop diet of confirmed cases to 634. tracing those in contact with new cases cial and economic incentives commissions or fees for the Development Bank, will set and sliming centres, physiotherapy clinics In a statement on Sunday, the and checking all citizens who have worth QR75 billion for the affected companies to support standards and mechanisms and complementary medicine of all kinds. MoPH said some of the new cases of recently returned to Qatar. (TNN) private sector. salaries and rents through for the implementation of the In a statement, the Qatar guarantees issued by Qatar plan. Khater condoles Qatar welcomes return of with B’desh envoy over virus death Bahrainis to their homeland Assistant Foreign Minister and Spokes- person for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs QNA home , as requested by the HE Lolwah bint Rashid al Khater met DOHA State of Qatar to the relevant Ambassador of Bangladesh HE Ashud authorities in the Kingdom Ahmed in Doha on Sunday. QATAR has welcomed the de- of Bahrain, is a step in the Khater, who is also the Spokesperson cision of Bahrain to allow its right direction, the statement of the Supreme Committee for Crisis Man- citizens who were transiting noted. agement, conveyed Qatar’s condolences to through Doha from Iran to “As the health and safety the government and people of Bangladesh return home. of these Bahraini citizens is on the death of Bangladeshi citizen who In a statement on Sunday, paramount at this time , the passed away from coronavirus. The meet- the Government Communica- Ministry of Public Health in ing reviewed the latest developments of Industrial Area sterilised tions Office (GCO) said Qatar Qatar will communicate with coronavirus in Qatar and the world. Khater wished that Bahrain had ac- global crisis. its counterpart in Bahrain to affirmed that Qatar is keen on providing The Ministry of Municipality and Environment, in cooperation with the Public Works cepted Doha’s offer to fly the It is unfortunate that Bah- inform them of the results of high quality healthcare to all its residents. Authority, Lekhwiya, Ministry of Interior, and the Ministry of Public Health, has Bahraini citizens home on a rain has launched allegations, the coronavirus tests that have For his part, the ambassador thanked carried a campaign to disinfect and sterilise the Industrial Area from Street No 1 private charter flight, instead of false accusations and politised been conducted,” the GCO Qatar for the measures it had taken to to Street No 32 with an area equivalent to 12 million square metres. The sterilisa- prolonging their waiting time. the humanitarian situation of said. preserve the safety of all, affirming the ap- tion was completed in a record time of no more than two days. Ten field teams The statement said Qatar its citizens attempting to tran- Qatar wishes the Bahraini preciation of the Bangladeshi community were formed to complete the task. A total of 57 cars and 89 employees of the stands ready to play its hu- sit home. citizens good health and safe- in the country. (QNA) ministry were engaged to complete the work. (QNA) manitarian role during this Allowing them to return ty, it added. QU develops mask, ventilator to fight virus 16 more arrested for flouting TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK emerging coronavirus. DOHA The new masks contain home-quarantine pledge a delicate external electrical A research team from the wiring network covered with TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK prescribed period. Department of Mechanical a layer of epoxy for two rea- DOHA and Industrial Engineering sons. The violators are: SJC extends (DMIE) of the Qatar Univer- The first reason is to SIXTEEN more citizens 1. Abdul Nasser Ahmed sity’s College of Engineering close all pores that exist were arrested on Sunday Ahmed al Shaiba suspension of (QU-CENG) has developed in the prints produced by for violating the home- 2. Rashid Hadi Rashid al designs using 3D printers this widespread type of 3D quarantine pledge they Sable al Marri court sessions for medical products manu- printers (FDM) that use ABS undertook as part of ef- 3. Abdullah Hayel Nazel THE Supreme Judiciary factured in QU-CENG labo- plastic or ‘BC’ and the sec- forts to contain the spread Rashid al Anzi Council (SJC) has extended ratories and workshops to well as face mask for medical fection, knowing that the ond reason for covering and of coronavius (COVID-19). 4. Abdullah Hussein Ali the suspension of sessions benefit the medical service personnel and to reduce the design of the mask filters fixing the battery-powered Qatar has approved al Ateeq al Marri of the Court of Appeal, Court sector in Qatar. chances of infection. will be done in collaboration wire mesh to heat the outer home isolation as a sec- 5. Abdullah Mohammed of First Instance, Labour Dis- These new designs in- In a statement, QU- with Qatar University Col- part of the mask to a degree ond option for families Salem al Bahah al Marri putes Settlement Commit- clude a ventilator which is CENG said these designs lege of Medicine. higher than 70 degrees Cel- returning to the country 6. Abdullah Ali Bakhit tee and the Rental Disputes used in hospitals as an in- also include door knobs Protective masks are de- sius, which is higher than from abroad, provided they Ali al Athbi Settlement Committee for a tegral part to provide the that help opening the doors veloped for doctors and the the degree which the virus sign a pledge to remain un- period of two weeks starting necessary treatment for pa- without touching the knob community using 3D print- endures according to some der self-quarantine for a Continued on page 2 from Sunday. tients with chest diseases, as to reduce the chances of in- ers to protect against the studies. 02 Monday, March 30, 2020 Contact US: Qatar Tribune I EDITORIAL I Phone: 40002222 I ADMINISTRATION & MARKETING I Phone: 40002155, 40002122, Fax: 40002235 P.O. Box: 23493, Doha. Quick read Doha Municipality sanitises Amir sends message to president of Argentina THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani has sent a Souq Waqif and major sites written message to President of Argentina Alberto Fernandez, pertaining to bilateral relations and the means to bolster them. Ambassador of Qatar to Argentina HE Batal bin Mojab TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK al Dosari delivered the message during a meeting with the DOHA President of Argentina. (QNA) THE Doha Municipality, FM receives phone call represented by the Gardens from Italian counterpart Department of the Services Affairs Department, in coop- DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE eration with a number of agri- Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al Thani on Sunday re- cultural companies, conduct- ceived a telephone call from Minister of Foreign Affairs and In- ed a sanitisation campaign at ternational Cooperation of Italy Luigi Di Maio.