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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 APRIL 6, 2020 SHA`BAAN 13, 1441 VOL.13 NO. 4913 QR 2 Fajr: 4:03 am Dhuhr: 11:36 am Asr: 3:06 pm Maghrib: 5:53 pm Isha: 7:23 pm Business 8 Sports 11 Private sector working in Handling of Premier FINE HIGH : 35°C tandem with govt to combat League pay row ‘a LOW : 22°C COVID-19: QC chairman disgrace’: Rooney FM, Lebanon NAT ionAL GUARANTEE PROGRAMME AimS TO SUppORT SALARIES & RENTS OF PRivATE COMPAniES FM discuss ways to beat COVID-19 QDB launches programme to QNA DOHA DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs support affected companies HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al Thani on QNA The programme will pro- benefit from the programme, banks to offer finance without to the COVID-19 in coopera- Sunday received a phone DOHA vide guarantees for local the QDB indicated that com- any fees or commissions. It is tion with the Ministry of Fi- call from Minister of Foreign banks to grant interest-free panies or their official repre- stipulated that the beneficiary nance, the Qatar Central Bank Affairs and Emigrants of the IMPLEMENTING the direc- loans to affected companies sentatives should communi- company will pay to the com- and commercial and Islamic Lebanese Republic Nassif tives of the Amir HH Sheikh to meet the challenge of the cate only with the commercial mercial and Islamic donor banks in Qatar is a continua- Hitti. Tamim bin Hamad al Thani coronavirus (COVID-19) pan- and Islamic banks in which banks within a maximum of tion of the efforts to provide During the phone call, to provide financial and eco- demic. their accounts are registered all types of support for SMEs they discussed bilateral co- nomic incentives amounting The National Guarantee for the wages protection sys- BATTLE and various components of operation and coordinating to QR75 billion to the private Programme aims to support tem. They should submit re- AGAINST the private sector during the efforts to curb the spread sector, and the directives of salaries and rents of compa- quests for benefit exclusively current circumstances. of the coronavirus (COV- Prime Minister and Minister nies in the private sector. through commercial and Is- COVID-19 He said the programme ID-19) as well as matters of of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid The Qatar Development panies wishing to benefit from lamic banks operating in the will equip private companies mutual interest. bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz al Bank will manage and issue the programme are required country. three years, including a one- to face the economic impacts Thani to extend QR3 billion the guide for this programme, to be fully owned by the pri- The programme’s mecha- year grace period. of the pandemic, and it will guarantee to local banks, the while banks will grant financ- vate sector and to be regis- nism of work includes pro- QDB CEO Abdulaziz bin ensure that they continue to Qatar Development Bank ing with a guarantee from Qa- tered in the Wage Protection viding a 100 percent cover- Nasser al Khalifa said the work in a manner that does (QDB) launched the National tar Development Bank. System in force in the country. age guarantee by the QDB to launch of the National Guar- not affect their commercial Coronavirus Guarantee Programme. The QDB stated that com- As for filing application to the commercial and Islamic antee Programme to response operations. cases set to stabilise soon, COVID-19 AWARENESS AMONG WORKERS says official ‘If COVID-19 measures work, life will return to normal in four weeks’ TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Sheikh Dr Mohammed bin DOHA 14 more recover from virus; Hamad al Thani. IT will take at least four 279 new cases detected TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK weeks to return to some DOHA kind of normalcy if the CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) care, but his condition dete- measures to contain the cases jumped by 279 to 1,604 riorated resulting in his death THE number of new coronavi- spread of coronavirus yield in Qatar on Sunday as 14 on Sunday morning. rus (COVID-19) cases reported positive results, a top health more people recovered from The MoPH extended con- daily is likely to start stabilis- official said on Sunday. the virus, the Ministry of Public dolences and sympathy to the ing soon, a top health official “Four weeks is the least Health (MoPH) has announced. family of the deceased. has said. period we need from now … In a statement, the MoPH The MoPH said new “There are several reasons to allowing back schools and said so far 123 people have cases are now in quarantine for the rise in new coronavirus businesses to run normally,” The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social recovered from the virus. and are receiving necessary cases. And one of the top Dr Abdullatif al Khal, Co- Dr Abdullatif al Khal. Affairs (MADLSA) has launched a campaign to raise awareness Sadly, an 88-year-old Qatari medical care. reason is the increase in the chair of the National Epi- among workers to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. citizen, who was suffering from The MoPH said it conduct- number of tests conducted in demic Preparation Commit- four weeks, the measures The campaign includes providing educational leaflets and preven- several chronic diseases and ed laboratory tests on 3,806 our laboratories. On Sunday, we tee, told Doha 360 website. taken will be reviewed,” he tive advice to workers to limit the spread of the coronavirus. (TNN) bacterial infection in the blood, people to detect COVID-19 conducted the highest number However, he stressed the added. succumbed to the coronavi- on Sunday. So far, a total of tests -- about 6, 000. On need to wait and see the re- Based on the experi- rus. So far, coronavirus have of 35,757 tests have been Saturday, we conducted about sults of the measures being ences of other countries, he claimed four lives in Qatar. conducted. “This is owing to 4,000 tests,” Sheikh Dr Mo- taken now and their impact said, these measures will not The MoPH said the the use of new laboratory tech- hammed bin Hamad al Thani, on the level of virus retreat. be cancelled in one go, but New radio frequency QU unveils new deceased received intensive niques and increasing the num- Director of the Public Health “If we find positive re- will be phased out if we can for virus awareness in evaluation medical care upon his arrival ber of laboratories being used. Department, told Qatar TV. sults in terms of controlling control the virus within the at the hospital on Tuesday, Work continues to increase the the virus during the next next four weeks. Bengali language (PG 2 ) procedures (PG 2 ) March 3, and was given the capacity of laboratories,” the Continued on page 2 necessary treatment and MoPH said. (TNN) QU launches tech competition to fight COVID-19 TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK a field hospital to accommo- dividual or an integrated team DOHA date infected patients are also can participate in, and that the part of the competition. idea is technology-inspired, QATAR University’s College Entries for the competi- supports sustainable innova- of Engineering on Sunday tion can be submitted until tion, and is scalable. launched a competition to har- June 24. The university said the nesses technology and innova- The winners will be an- competition comes in the tion to design engineering so- nounced on September 24, context of the urgent need to lutions to fight the coronavirus 2020, which will be followed develop the industry of scien- (COVID-19) pandemic. by an international virtual ex- tific and medical technologies Titled “Global Virtual De- hibition on October 20. to respond to the challenge of Ashghal opens new underpass and sign and Innovation Com- The entries are open in six the coronavirus and in light of petition – Coronacvirus The competition includes ventilation valves, breathing official languages of the Unit- expectations that large num- bridge at Mesaimeer Interchange (COVID-19)”, the competition several categories such as de- filters and masks using 3D ed Nations — English, Arabic, ber people around the world THE Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has opened a new under- will be held under the slogan signing mobile applications technology. French, Chinese, Russian and will be infected with the virus, pass and bridge at Mesaimeer Interchange to traffic going towards “Reengineering the future of for coronavirus mitigation, Designing smart, afford- Spanish. which increases the pressure Al Wakra and Al Wukair from Industrial Area Road and E- Ring healthcare and improving life- non-chemical disinfection able and mobile buildings that Design is required to be on health systems in various Road. The 750m underpass will provide free flow traffic. PAGE 14 impact design”. devices and tools such as can be assembled quickly into original work, in which an in- countries. 02 Monday, April 6, 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 Qatar University unveils new Amir sends condolences to Bulgarian president THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani on Sunday student evaluation procedures sent a cable of condolences to President Rumen Radev of Bulgaria on the death of his father. (QNA) QNA by regional and international students an opportunity to ish the academic semester the expected outputs of the Deputy Amir sends condolences DOHA universities,” the QU presi- maintain their academic per- and get the highest of grades,” educational process that will to Bulgarian president dent said, adding that over formance.” he added.