Barwa awards Formula 1: QR5bn Hamilton residential surpasses projects to Schumacher’s UCC record tally Business | 01 Sport | 12 MONDAY 26 OCTOBER 2020 9 RABIA I - 1442 VOLUME 25 NUMBER 8422 www.thepeninsula.qa 2 RIYALS Watch Disney+ Streaming App Originals as a gift Terms & Conditions Apply Qatar signs second deal to secure COVID-19 vaccine QNA — DOHA The Ministry of Public Health has signed the agreement with US pharmaceutical firm Moderna to supply its potential vaccine The Ministry of Public Health to Qatar as soon as it is approved and released. (MOPH) yesterday announced that it had signed an agreement Moderna is following very high safety and quality standards with a second pharmaceutical company to procure a to test its candidate vaccine, involving more than 30,000 par- COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it ticipants in the United States. is approved and released for global use. Moderna says it is on track to Chair of the National Health supply around 500 million Strategic Group on COVID-19 doses of the vaccine across the and Head of Infectious Diseases at Hamad Medical Corporation world from early 2021. (HMC), Dr. Abdullatif Al Khal, said that the new agreement is Qatar is in contact with several with Moderna, a Massachu- leading pharmaceutical com- setts-based biotech company. panies working on potential “Moderna has been working COVID-19 vaccines to ensure Minister of Education and Higher Education H E Dr. Mohammad bin Abdulwahed Al Hammadi taking since the early days of the pan- part in the meeting of the committee of education ministers of GCC countries. demic on the development and country's early access to the testing of a COVID-19 vaccine. vaccines after they are Preliminary findings from Mod- approved by global regulatory GCC education ministers discuss cooperation erna’s phase 1 and 2 clinical bodies. trials have shown that healthy QNA — DOHA discussed the final statement Security for students. adults produced coronavirus and the Riyadh Declaration of The meeting also discussed neutralising antibodies and an more than 30,000 participants agreement with a leading phar- The State of Qatar participated the 40th session of the the follow-up to the decisions immune reaction from T-cells. in the United States. maceutical company earlier this yesterday in the 4th meeting Supreme Council in the coun- of the third meeting of the com- While further testing is ongoing According to the company, month,” said Dr. Al Khal. of the committee of Ministers tries of the Cooperation mittee, including the inclusion on thousands of volunteers, they are on track to supply “We continue to work with of Education in the countries Council, facing the crisis of the of archaeology in the curricula these initial findings are around 500 million doses of the several leading pharmaceutical of the Gulf Cooperation Council emerging coronavirus, the of public education, the encouraging and demonstrate vaccine across the world from companies around the world (GCC) for the Arab States of the outputs of the Committee of strengthening of the role of edu- that clear progress is being early 2021. who are in the process of devel- Gulf, which was organised by Technical Education and Voca- cational institutions in devel- made in the search for a safe “The signing of the oping potential vaccines for the General Secretariat of the tional Training Officials, Coop- oping a culture of volunteer and effective vaccine,” said Dr. agreement with Moderna is a COVID-19. Our aim is to ensure GCC via video conferencing. eration in achieving the UN work, and promoting sports Al Khal. significant step forward in our that we have early access to the Minister of Education and Sustainable Development Goal practices among all segments of Moderna’s vaccine testing country’s efforts to procure a vaccines as soon as they dem- Higher Education H E Dr. 4 — quality education, effects society. The committee also dis- process follows the very high safe and effective COVID-19 onstrate safety and efficacy and Mohammad bin Abdulwahed of the 4th industrial revolution cussed the issue of international safety and quality standards vaccine for the people of Qatar after they are approved by the Al Hammadi represented Qatar on education, and work plan cooperation and other topics on typically applied for vaccine and comes following the appropriate international reg- in the meeting. of the Committee of Ministers its agenda, and took appropriate development and has involved announcement of our first ulatory authorities.” `P2 The ministerial meeting of Education and Information decisions. QNL announces winners of inaugural Open Initiative Award Precautionary measures for FAZEENA SALEEM Research Center, Qatar Biomedical THE PENINSULA Research Institute (QBRI), Hamad bin Qatar’s leadership has wisely camping season Khalifa University (HBKU), for promoting invested a great deal in Qatar National Library (QNL) has open scholarship in Qatar through research, and openness in outlined announced winners of inaugural Open student mentorship and open access Initiative Award 2020, as part of its research at QBRI. scholarship can provide SANAULLAH ATAULLAH commitment to promote universal access The Best Institutional Award went to immediate returns on that THE PENINSULA to information without barriers. Bait Al Mashura Journal. The journal is investment. This is even more Awardees for Best Individual Initi- an open access, international scientific important in times like these, The Ministry of Municipality ative and Best Institutional Initiative journal publishing research in the fields and Environment (MME) has were revealed by the Minister of State of Islamic economics. where pandemics can change issued COVID-19 precau- and President of Qatar National Library, Editor-in-Chief of Bait Al Mashura the course of our lives. tionary measures for winter H E Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, Journal, Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, camping season 2020-21, during a virtual event yesterday. and Dr. Julie Decock also talked about H E Dr. Hamad bin banning the entry of infected The Open Initiative Award is given their initiatives and the support for open Abdulaziz Al Kuwari or suspected cases of corona- in recognition of initiatives and activ- scholarship in Qatar during the event virus in the camps. ities that have contributed to the yesterday. It is also mandatory for all advancement of open scholarship in Open scholarship is the practice of camp-goers to download and Qatar. sharing knowledge openly and making access to research papers, open data, scholarly and research environments. activate Ehteraz mobile app The Best Individual Award went to research outcomes visible and acces- open education resources, open licenses, The awards ceremony coincided and not allow anyone without Dr. Julie Decock, a scientist at Cancer sible to all. The movement includes open and other applications of openness in with Open Access Week. `P4 the app to be in the camp, the Ministry said in a tweet yesterday. National Command The campers should also 20,000 tonnes DC plant to cool Al Janoub Stadium not rent their camps to other Center receives up individuals. THE PENINSULA — DOHA district cooling (DC) plant of Al the stadium through a central The is part of Kahramaa’s People infected with to 12,000 calls daily Janoub Stadium yesterday. cooling plant with a cooling water conservation drive to COVID-19, those coming in The District Cooling Services The district cooling plant capacity of 20,000 tonnes, enhance water security in the direct contact with corona- SIDI MOHAMED Department of Qatar General was designed in an environ- which distributes the chilled country by switching to the use virus patients or showing THE PENINSULA Electricity and Water Corpo- mentally-friendly manner, water to a number of heat of treated wastewater instead symptoms, and those awaiting ration (Kahramaa) represented which raised the efficiency of exchangers, which in turn of using potable water in all dis- the results of their screening The Emergency Section at the by Eng. Abdul Aziz Al Hammadi, cooling inside the Stadium. supply the distributed air trict cooling plants, which is tests are not allowed to visit National Command Center Director of the Department, and Al Janoub Stadium uses dis- treatment units in Stadium to considered the best sustainable the camp, as per the safety (NCC) receives 5,000 to 12,000 a number of engineers visited trict cooling technology to cool ensure the required temper- system in the region. procedures issued by the calls daily, said a senior official ature for the fan stands and the The cooling plant equipped health authorities. of the Ministry of Interior. stadium floor. with the latest equipment and The campers should take “Most of these are non- The cooling capacity of the intelligent monitoring and suspected people with emergency calls, and the plant is 20,000 tonnes, and it control systems provides the COVID-19 symptoms to health average response time to calls works through technologies highest levels of energy per- centres designated for that is within 10 minutes,” said that combine the use of chilled formance through the use of category as soon as symptoms Colonel Khaled Al Ansari, water with air treatment treated water for cooling. appear. It is also prohibited to Head of the Emergency through heat exchange to cool It will improve energy effi- use the winter camp to quar- Section. “There are 50 units at the stadium and the areas sur- ciency and increase community antine or isolate infected the section to receive emer- rounding the stadium. awareness of the importance of people or those coming in gency calls in various lan- It is one of the most effi- using a district cooling system contact with infected persons guages and dialects including cient environmentally friendly and the economic and environ- or suspected cases.