WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2020 RABI AL-AKHAR 3, 1442 VOL.14 NO. 5107 QR 2 Fajr: 4:33 am Dhuhr: 11:19 am FINE Asr: 2:24 pm Maghrib: 4:46 pm HIGH : 30°C LOW : 23°C Isha: 6:16 pm Nation 2 Business 9 Sports 13 HMC provides effective Qatargas delivers first Coach Choi eyes winning care to over 1,800 stroke Q-Max LNG cargo to start for injury-hit Shanghai patients so far this year China’s Tianjin terminal Shenhua against Perth Glory FM MEETS GCC SECRETARY-GENERAL Qatar, Kuwait Amir congratulates president-elect sign 5 MoUs to of Moldova QNA DOHA strengthen ties HIS Highness the Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Qatar-Kuwait Joint Supreme Committee holds fifth session on Tuesday sent a cable of congratulations to Maia QNA Sandu on the occasion of DOHA her victory in the presiden- tial elections in the Republic THE Joint Supreme Commit- of Moldova, wishing her tee for Cooperation between success and further pro- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani Qatar and Kuwait held its fifth gress and prosperity to the on Tuesday met with GCC Secretary-General HE Dr Nayef Falah Al Hajraf, who is currently visiting the session on Tuesday via video Moldovan people. country. The meeting dealt with exchanging views on the progress of the Gulf Cooperation Council, in conference. addition to issues of joint interest. (QNA) The Qatari side was chaired by Deputy Prime Min- ister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Moham- med bin Abdulrahman Al Tha- Action against ni, while the Kuwaiti side was chaired by Minister of Foreign 144 for not Adequate steps taken to prevent Affairs and Acting Minister of Information HE Sheikh Dr wearing masks Ahmed Nasser Al Mohammad THE designated authorities re- violations by companies during Al Sabah. ferred 144 people to the Public The two sides reviewed bi- Qatar will continue to remember with full Prosecution for not wearing lateral cooperation relations, appreciation and pride the noble stances masks in places where they are COVID-19 pandemic: NHRC chief as well as enhancing coopera- of late Amir of Kuwait HH Sheikh Sabah Al mandatory. The measure is in QNA tion, achieving more integra- Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah towards Qatar and its people, line with the Cabinet decision, DOHA tion in various sectors, and especially during the current Gulf crisis.” decree law no 17 of 1990 on exchanging views on issues of communicable diseases, and NATIONAL Human Rights common concern. — HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the precautionary measures in Committee (NHRC) Chair- On the sidelines of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs force in the country to contain man Dr Ali bin Smaikh Al meeting, Qatar and Kuwait the spread of the coronavirus Marri on Tuesday said the signed five memoranda of un- (COVID-19). The designated committee took wide-ranging derstanding and the minutes of the committee’s meetings, Al Jaber Al Sabah. authorities have called on the measures required to prevent of the fifth session between the FM offered condolences on The FM affirmed that the public to adhere to the pre- any human rights violations the two countries. The agree- the death of HH Sheikh Sabah fifth session of the Qatari- cautionary measures in place by companies during the ments were signed by Sheikh Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah. Kuwaiti Joint Supreme Com- to ensure their safety and the coronavirus (COVID-19) pan- Mohammed and Sheikh Dr He said the region lost a father mittee for Cooperation during safety of others. (QNA) demic. Ahmed Nasser. and a great leader who was these delicate regional and “Following the declaration The agreements include a characterised by wisdom and international circumstances is of COVID-19 as a pandemic, memoranda of understanding good opinion, who devoted his an embodiment of the wise po- the NHRC implemented a for cooperation in the fields life and effort to serving his litical will of the leaders of the non-judicial mechanism to of encouraging direct invest- country, the Arab and Islamic two countries. receive complaints and regain ment, civil service affairs and nation and the world. It also reflects the depth rights lost during the crisis,”Al NHRC Chairman Dr Ali bin Smaikh Al Marri takes part in a panel administrative development, The FM said Qatar will and strength of the distin- Marri said while participat- discussion on Tuesday. Islamic affairs between the continue to remember with guished relationship and the ing in a panel discussion held governments of the two coun- full appreciation and pride the close bilateral ties, he said, FIFA CLUB online under the title of “Pre- with grievances. cial Affairs, to ensure that the tries, various agricultural noble stances of HH Sheikh adding that through this ses- WORLD CUP venting business-related hu- He said the committee re- measures taken to contain fields and improving the im- Sabah towards Qatar and its sion, they exchanged views TO BE HELD IN man rights abuses in Asia Pa- ceived a number of complaints COVID-19 were in line with plementation, construction people, especially during the on issues of common interest cific:A ctors and actions.” that were an outcome of the basic human rights. and maintenance of roads current Gulf crisis. to strengthen cooperation and QATAR IN FEB Al Marri noted that the pandemic-related closures. The committee also re- during the work of the Joint He wished Kuwait success achieve more integration in committee launched a hotline He said the NHRC ad- leased a statement on April 6 Supreme Committee for Co- and prosperity under the lead- various sectors to achieve the and offered legal advice, while dressed HE the Prime Minis- of 2020 on the measures tak- operation, in addition to the ership of HH the Amir of the common interests of the two PAGE 14 also communicating with ter and Minister of Interior, en to contain the virus, calling signing of the meeting min- State of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf brotherly countries and peo- governmental and non-gov- HE Minister of Health, HE for consolidating efforts to utes of the fifth session. Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah ples. ernmental bodies to address Minister of Administrative respect human rights without At the outset of Qatar’s and HH Crown Prince of Ku- challenges and help people Development, Labor, and So- discrimination. speech during the fifth session wait Sheikh Mishal Al Ahmad Continued on page 2 New Souq Al-Haraj First batch of COVID-19 vaccine to near Barwa Village arrive in Qatar by year-end: Official set to open soon THE new Souq Al-Haraj market TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK coronavirus vaccine was 94.5 located opposite Barwa Village in DOHA percent effective, joining Pfizer Al Wakrah is likely to open short- as a front-runner in the global ly. The 35,000-square metre QATAR is expected to receive race to contain a raging pan- complex, which will replace the the first batch of COVID-19 demic. The vaccine candidate existing second-hand market in vaccine by the end of this year, developed by Pfizer in collabo- Najma, will have 325 outlets for a senior health official has ration with BioNTech is said to rent with 900 parking lots. The said. be more than 90 percent effec- carpet area of a one-door shop Dr Hamad Al Rumaihi, tive against the coronavirus. will be 60 square metre. The new Director of Health Protection Dr Al Rumaihi said Pfizer souq is expected to provide a and Communicable Disease Dr Hamad Al Rumaihi. had previously announced number of services and will have Control at the Public Health that it would produce 50 mil- shops, restaurants and cafes, Department, said Qatar has Epidemic Preparation Com- lion doses of its vaccine can- services centres and mosques. signed deals with both Pfizer mittee, told Al-Rayyan TV. didate this year, and subse- AS HGhaL COMPLETES ROADS It will have modern buildings and and Moderna to procure their After the arrival of the first quently produce 1.3 billion parking lots for the visitors as COVID-19 vaccines. batch, the rest of the batches doses the next year. FOR THREE FUEL STATioNS well as the shop owners. (TNN) “As per the agreement will reach Qatar successively He said Moderna would signed with Pfizer, Qatar will in stages over the next year, produce 20 million doses this The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has completed implementing a network of roads, have priority in obtaining its and the bulk of it will arrive year but that is allocated en- entrances and exits, with a total length of about 4.1 km to serve three petrol stations in Bu vaccine. The Pfizer candidate during the first half of 2021, he tirely to the United States. Sulba, Al Naqian and Sealine Road. These roads provide safe roads and entrances for users 1 held for violating by the end of 2020 and the added. The American administration of petrol stations and regulated traffic around them. This project falls within the context of Moderna’s in the first half of Dr Al Rumaihi’s statement will manufacture between 500 Ashghal’s plan to develop the existing road network and improve efficiency in different regions home-quarantine 2021,” Dr Al Rumaihi, who is came after drugmaker Moderna million to one billion doses of the country. PAGE 2 conditions (PG 2 ) also co-chair of the National announced on Monday that its during the next year, he said. 02 Wednesday, November 18, 2020 Contact US: Qatar Tribune I EDITORIAL I Phone: 40002222 I ADMINISTRATION & MARKETING I Phone: 40002155, 40002122, Fax: 40002235 P.O.