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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20, 2020 RABI AL-AKHAR 5, 1442 VOL.14 NO. 5109 QR 2 Fajr: 4:34 am Dhuhr: 11:19 am PARTLY CLOUDY Asr: 2:23 pm Maghrib: 4:45 pm HIGH : 29°C LOW : 22°C Isha: 6:15 pm Nation 3 Business 7 Sports 10 Ajyal fest opens with a ICC Qatar backs call Bangladesh nalise lm celebrating for G20 to nance squad for crucial tie resilience, creativity SMEs amid COVID-19 against Qatar QATAR GETS LEADING UN ROLE Sheikha Alya appointed to lead negotiations on UNSC reform QNA issues related to Security Coun- NEW YORK cil reform. The appointment of the State of Qatar and Bozkir said, in a letter to UN the Republic of Poland by the United Nations PRESIDENT of the 75th Session Member States, the General As- General Assembly to lead the facilitation of Amir condoles with of the United Nations General sembly decided to continue the negotiations on the reform of the UN Security Assembly Volkan Bozkir has ap- intergovernmental negotiations Somali president pointed Permanent Representa- on Security Council reform at Council. Ambassador Sheikha Alya bint Ahmed tive of Qatar to the United Na- an informal session of the Gen- bin Saif Al Thani selected for this mission an QNA tions Ambassador HE Sheikha eral Assembly during its 75th international recognition of Qatar’s position in DOHA Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani session. the organization and its belief in developing its work in accordance and Permanent Representative He added that this early ap- with the principle of multilateralism. HIS Highness the Amir of State of Qatar of Poland Ambassador Joanna pointment should provide an Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Wronecka to lead and facilitate HE Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin opportunity for Member States Thursday sent a cable of condolences negotiations on Security Council Saif Al Thani. to start consultations on issues to President of the Federal Republic of reform. related to Security Council re- recognition of the role of the State develop the mechanisms of work Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo on The move is in accordance council in terms of equitable rep- form at an appropriate time. of Qatar in the United Nations, of the international organisation the death of former prime minister Omar with General Assembly resolu- resentation and increasing the Appointing HE Ambassador its belief in the principle of mul- to achieve its goals, including the Arte Ghalib. tions calling for reform of the number of its members and other Sheikha Alya to this task comes in tilateralism and its keenness to Security Council reform. WISH 2020 concludes with calls to advance innovation to overcome health challenges TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA Health must be an integral 132 referred to Public BRINGING together more than 60,000 people from across the Prosecution for not globe, the fifth World Innova- component to living a wearing masks tion Summit for Health (WISH) – held virtually for the first time– fulfilled life: Sheikha Hind QNA concluded on Thursday, with DOHA calls to advance innovation and CATHERINE W GICHUKI our education system”. How- global collaboration to overcome DOHA ever, she didn’t think that add- THE designated authorities on Thursday re- healthcare challenges. ing it to school’s assignments ferred 132 people to the Public Prosecution Featuring more than 300 HE Sheikha Hind bint Hamad or looking at it as a matrix to for not wearing masks in places that re- global speakers and 100 sessions, Al Thani, Vice Chairperson and improve school performance is quired them. They also referred 10 people attendees heard from interna- Chief Executive Ofcer of Qatar going to solve the issue. to the Public Prosecution for violating the tional health ministers, scientists, Foundation, has called for mak- “If we look at the issue maximum number of four people in a ve- academics, public health leaders, ing health an integral component more holistically, the rst step hicle including the driver, except for cases and policymakers. Also, more to living a fullled life. becomes identifying how schools when they are members of one family. than 15 policy-focused research Sultana Afdhal, CEO of WISH, encouraged participants and conference “We need to take a step themselves are contributing to The measure is in line with the Cabinet reports were released over the partners to move forward with innovation in healthcare. back and look at health as an the mental health crisis such as decision, decree law no 17 of 1990 on course of the five-day summit. integral component to living a what are the effects of regular communicable diseases, and the precau- At the closing ceremony, Sul- Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Direc- has powerfully demonstrated that fullled life. It needs to be part exams on children, competitive tionary measures in force in the country tana Afdhal, CEO of WISH, en- tor-General of the World Health there are many other pressing is- of a holistic learning environment sports and bullying,” she added. to contain the spread of the coronavirus couraged participants and con- Organization, who said that the sues, including climate change, that we create for our children,” Sheikha Hind said to ensure (COVID-19). ference partners to move forward world had a responsibility to en- that continue to urgently require Sheikha Hind said during a panel students’ wellbeing they needed The designated authorities called on with innovation in healthcare. sure that all countries around the our focus and expertise and that discussion at the World Innova- to look about creating a less the public to adhere to the precautionary “I look forward to continuing world enjoy the benefits of inno- collaboration is the key to solving tion Summit for Health (WISH) anxious future for them. measures in place to ensure their safety our collaboration in the months vation. many global healthcare issues. 2020 on Thursday. Talking about how to em- and the safety of others. and years ahead as this commu- He said, “The pandemic is a Although WISH 2020 is now con- She was among the forum power children, Sheikha Hind nity — the WISH community — once-in-a-century crisis, but it is cluding, our work to highlight and panelists who discussed ‘The said, “To empower children is to continues to address and take on also an opportunity to harness engage health does not.” Role of Schools in Child and give them adequate tools that healthcare issues that result in the power of innovation for the WISH announced two grand Adolescent Health’. can cater to their unique needs real and long-lasting change,” she healthier, safer, and more sus- prize winners from the 30 win- She said when “we think and allow them to grow in a safe, said. tainable world we all want.” ning innovators to be selected as of mental health, it is a critical healthy and nurturing environ- Qatar’s COVID-19 recoveries Her message echoed the In her closing remarks, Sul- part of their Innovation compe- subject that is really missing in ment.” PAGE 14 reach 133,691 (PG 2 ) opening message of Dr Tedros tana Afdhal added: “This summit tition. PAGE 14 Ooredoo warns against QA to launch three weekly December vaccine rollout phishing scams THE Ooredoo Group has cautioned its cus- tomers against phishing scams that seek to flights to Abuja from Nov 27 possible: BioNTech CEO steal personal information through fraudulent AFP regions this year still,” said Sahin, 55, who emails and website pop-ups purporting to FRANKFURT AM MAIN, is also BioNTech’s chief executive. “We be from the telecom major. “We’ve seen a may even start delivering the vaccine rise in the number of counterfeit emails and BIONTECH co-founder Ugur Sahin in December,” he said, adding that, “if websites lately. Remember, we won’t EVER on Thursday said the frontrunner everyone works together very closely”. send you an unsolicited request for personal COVID-19 vaccine his German firm is The BioNTech/Pfizer shot and an- information through email, or via pop-up win- developing with Pfizer could be rolled other one being developed by US firm dows on a website,” Ooredoo said in a video out before the year is over in the United Moderna have taken the lead in the posted on Twitter. The group has called on its States or Europe. global chase for a vaccine, after large- customers to stay alert and not share their QATAR Airways (QA) will operate three weekly ights to Abuja, Nigeria, via Lagos from November “We are working at full speed,” he scale trial data this month showed that OTPs. “OTP is a One-time Password used to 27, the sixth new destination announced by the national carrier of Qatar since the start of the told AFP, confirming that the compa- their jabs were around 95 percent ef- verify your identity. Scammers can access pandemic. The Abuja service will be operated by the airline’s state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dream- nies planned to apply for emergency fective against COVID-19. The twin your account and make transactions with liner featuring 22 seats in Business Class and 232 seats in Economy Class. Qatar Airways Group use authorisation of their jab in the US breakthroughs have lifted hopes for your OTP,” it warned. Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said, “We are delighted to be launching ights to the capital of on Friday, while European regulators an end to a pandemic that has infect- “Verify the URL in your web browser ad- Nigeria. With the strong Nigerian diaspora in Europe, US and the UK, we are thrilled to now be will receive another batch of data “next ed more than 56 million people and dress bar, don’t ever click links on an email ying to Abuja in addition to our existing Lagos ights which started back in 2007.

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