FRIDAY APRIL 2, 2021 SHABAN 20, 1442 VOL.14 NO. 5222 QR 2 Fajr: 4:08 am Dhuhr: 11:38 am PARTLY CLOUDY Asr: 3:06 pm Maghrib: 5:52 pm HIGH : 38°C LOW : 22 °C Isha: 7:22 pm Nation 12 Business 6 Sports 9 Sensory rooms to provide safe Qatar’s 2020 Q4 nomial HE Sheikh Thani crowns the winners space for fans with special GDP grows 7.4% QoQ as Tayf and Seeyoubyme shine needs at Qatar 2022 stadiums Amir appoints AMIR CROWNS CAMEL RACE WINNERS AMIR MEETS US CONGRESS DELEGATION chairman of National Cybersecurity Agency QNA DOHA HIS Highness the Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Thursday issued Amiri Decision No 9 of 2021, appointing Abdulrahman Ali Al Farahid Al Maliki as the Chairman of the National Cybersecurity Agency. The decision is to be effective from the date of issue and is to be published in the Ofcial Gazette. His Highness the Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani witnessed the nal four rounds of the annual festival of the purebred Arab camel race on the sword of His Highness for the 2020-2021 season at Al Shahaniya Racecourse on His Highness the Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met with a delegation of the US Congress Thursday. HH the Amir crowned the winners in the four main nal rounds for camels at Sheikh Abdullah Bin Jassim Majlis at the Amiri Diwan on Thursday. The delegation includes Democratic Representa- of the sheikhs on the golden symbols, where ‘Mardia’ was crowned with the golden tive for California Luis Correa, Democratic Representative for Arizona Ruben Gallego, Democratic Representative sword, ‘Samha” won the golden shalfa. ‘Mazaal’ and ‘Al Shahm’ won the golden dag- for California Eric Swalwell, Democratic Representative for California Sara Jacob, and Republican Representative for gers. HH the Amir also crowned Nasser Abdullah Al Misnad, owner of ‘Fann’ with the Michigan Lisa McClain. During the meeting, they reviewed strategic relations between Qatar and the United States and silver sword after winning in the sons of tribes, which was held on Wednesday. HH the the prospects for strengthening and developing them. They also exchanged views on regional and international devel- Amir also honoured the companies sponsoring the festival. (QNA) PAGE 13 opments of common concern. (QNA) Qatar-Japan ties seeing great growth: FM NHICC playing key role in our All schools to adopt DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin COVID-19 response: Minister Abdulrahman Al Thani has stressed that bilateral ties TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK distance learning between Qatar and Japan DOHA are seeing rapid growth in various elds, due to the MINISTER of Public Health mutual trust and political HE Dr Hanan Mohamed Al from Sunday: MoEHE will on both sides to en- Kuwari on Thursday visited hance cooperation. PAGE 2 the National Health Incident Command Center (NHICC) at QNA Hamad Medical Corporation’s DOHA Ambulance Service headquar- ters. STARTING from April 4 During the visit, Dr Al Ku- (Sunday), all schools, uni- wari inspected the progress versities and kindergartens of work at the centre, which in Qatar will adopt distance operates 24/7, and met with learning in the wake of a teams on duty from HMC and recent spike in COVID-19 Primary Health Care Corpora- cases, the Ministry of Edu- Q-Post launches tion (PHCC). cation and Higher Educa- The NHICC works closely Minister of Public Health HE Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari inspects work tion (MoEHE) has said. commemorative with the Ministry of Public progress at National Health Incident Command Center on Thursday. The MoEHE on Thurs- stamp for Qatar Health and other key agen- day decided to suspend the 2022 World Cup cies in Qatar coordinating the coordinates our COVID-19 that all COVID-19 and non- attendance of students of all healthcare system’s response strategy and response. Much COVID patients are receiving ages from nurseries to uni- QATAR Postal Services to the COVID-19 pandemic. of this essential and lifesav- the highest standards of care. versity. Company (Qatar Post) has The NHICC oversees the ing work goes on behind the At the same time, hundreds The decision came fol- G All examinations will take place physically signed a licence agreement COVID-19 bed management scenes but it is vital to the of healthcare professionals lowing coordination with with FIFA to be the provider and hospital capacity strategy. daily operation of our health are working hard to vaccinate the Ministry of Public in schools of Qatar stamp issues for This hub ensures that the system,” said Dr Al Kuwari. up to 25,000 people a day Health, and to take all the G All administrative and educational staff must the FIFA World Cup 2022. healthcare system has suf- “COVID-19 continues to to protect them from the vi- necessary precautionary Under the agreement, Qatar ficient capacity to provide challenge us on many fronts, rus. Thank you all healthcare measures to advance pub- attend schools Post will issue a programme high-quality treatment to all but our healthcare workers workers and frontliners for lic interests and protect the of eleven stamp issues dur- patients with COVID-19 who across the system continue to your tireless work and dedica- health of students and eve- tend duties. integral part of the educa- ing 2021 to 2022, starting require medical care. “As we devote their time and energy tion. I am so proud of all of the ryone working in the educa- All exams will take place tional and academic process. with the launch of the rst see the number of COVID-19 to contain the pandemic with work being done across the tional process. physically in schools, with The attendance will be stamp featuring the Ofcial cases continue to rise, the Na- unwavering commitment,” healthcare sector and their The ministry also de- measures related to it to be marked even with distance Emblem of the FIFA World tional Health Incident Com- she said. focus and dedication has en- cided that administrative announced at a later date. learning. Cup Qatar 2022 on April 1, mand Center is fulfilling an “Our clinical and support sured that the health system is and educational school The ministry stressed 2021. PAGE 12 important role as the intelli- staff in hospitals and medical ready to meet this additional staff must continue to at- that distance learning is an Continued on page 2 gence hub that monitors and centers are working to ensure demand,” Dr Al Kuwari said. Qatar, UK expand defence ties HMC designates Al Wakra Hospital for COVID-19 care Qatar, represented QNA partment will be closed start- sible through modern means of by the Amiri Air DOHA ing midnight on Friday April communication. Force, and the 2. The hospital will become The decision was part of a United Kingdom, AL Wakra Hospital has been the 7th HMC facility designat- strategy to enhance the abil- represented by the designated as a facility to care ed for COVID-19 care. ity of medical care workers to Royal Air Force, for COVID-19 patients from The Cabinet, in its Wednes- provide healthcare related to have signed an Saturday, the Hamad Medical day meeting, decided to stop COVID-19 and the vaccination MoU aimed at Corporation has announced. the provision of medical ser- programme. Closing non-es- expanding cur- The decision was made to vices in private health facilities, sential services will help sup- rent partnership boost capacity that is result- except for emergency cases, port efforts to respond to the between both air ing from the rising number of and allow any of these private COVID-19 pandemic. forces. PAGE 13 COVID-19 cases. health facilities to provide some Al Wakra Emergency De- of their medical services if pos- Continued on page 2 02 Friday, April 2, 2021 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 PM MEETS US CONGRESS DELEGATION Deputy PM meets US Congress delegation DEPUTY Prime Minister and Foreign Minister HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani met with members of a delegation of the US Congress including California Democratic Representative Luis Correa, Arizona Democratic Representative Ruben Gallego, California Democrat Eric Swalwell and California Democrat Sara Jakob and Republican Rep- resentative for Michigan Lisa McClain. In addition to discuss economic issues and ways of boosting Qatari investment in the USA, the meeting discussed recent regional developments, particularly in Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran. (QNA) Attiyah meets Bosnia and Herzegovina deputy PM and FM DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs HE Dr Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah met with Vice-Chairwoman of the Coun- cil of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Minister of Foreign Affairs Bisera Turkovic in Doha on Thursday. The meeting dealt with reviewing bilateral relations and the means to enhance them. (QNA) Chief of Staff meets Rwanda Defence Force commandant CHIEF of Staff of Qatari Armed Forces HE Lieutenant-General (Pilot) Gha- nem bin Shaheen Al Ghanem met with Commandant of the Rwanda De- fence Force Command and Staff College Brigadier-General Didas Ndahiro HE Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani met on Thursday morning with a delegation of members of the US Congress, in Doha on Thursday. During the meeting, they reviewed military relations which includes Democratic Representative for California Luis Correa, Democratic Representative for Arizona Ruben Gallego, Democratic Representative for California Eric between the two countries and the ways to enhance them.