THURSDAY JULY 22, 2021 DHUL HIJJAH 12, 1442 VOL.14 NO. 5317 QR 2 Fajr: 3:29 am Dhuhr: 11:40 am FINE Asr: 3:06 pm Maghrib: 6:26 pm HIGH : 46°C LOW : 34°C Isha: 7:56 pm World 6 Business 7 Sports 9 California coronavirus hospitalisations Remittances to emerging markets Qatar outclass Honduras 2-0 to hit highest point in months to increase by 2.6% in 2021: OBG move into Gold Cup quarter-finals Amir condoles with Saudi king Amir allocates $100 mn to HIA becomes QNA DOHA support Yemen food security HIS Highness the Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh busiest airport Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani His Highness the Amir of State of Qa- sent a cable of condolences to the Custodian of the Two tar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Holy Mosques King Salman has directed the allocation of $100 bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the million in support of the efforts of the in Middle East Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on the death of HH Princess United Nations World Food Program Nouf bint Khalid bin Abdul- in Yemen. The grant will support food HIA secures top position by safeguarding airport lah bin Abdulrahman Al security and will help prevent fam- experience by adhering to COVID-19 protocols Saud. ine. The fund will assist the United Nations relief and humanitarian pro- grammes in alleviating the human tragedy in Yemen. (QNA) Amir greets king of Belgium QNA DOHA HIS Highness the Amir e-Payment Gateway sees of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of congratula- tions to HM King Philippe 451,931 transactions in Q2 of the Kingdom Belgium, on the occasion of his coun- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK try’s National Day. DOHA A total of 451,931 transactions were TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK the latest safety measures in accord- made by government entities via DOHA ance with global standards. e-Payment Gateway during second HIA was the first airport in quarter (Q2) of 2021, according to THE Hamad International Airport (HIA) the Middle East to receive the ISO FM meets US statistics released by the Ministry is now the busiest airport in the Middle 22301:2012 Business Continuity Man- senators of Transport and Communications East, according to prominent travel ana- agement System Certification by Brit- (MoTC). lytics organization ForwardKeys. ish Standards Institution (BSI) for its As per the data, April and May saw HIA has secured this position by pre-existing business continuity plans, QNA 136,072 online transactions each while safeguarding its airport experience proving the resilience of HIA opera- DOHA 179,787 transactions were conducted with its adherence to COVID-19 poli- tions in the face of disruptions such as in June. cies and protocols, and introduction of the pandemic. DEPUTY Prime Minister The e-Payment Gateway pro- technological solutions. The airport adapted to changing and Minister of Foreign vides online payment options for ForwardKeys said that “During the traveller needs with the help of tech- Affairs HE Sheikh Moham- government entities seeking to de- height of the COVID-19 crisis, many nological solutions such as Smart med bin Abdulrahman Al velop their digital services, which routes in and out of Doha remained Screening Helmets that enable con- Thani met with Chairman enable full automation of online ser- operational”. tactless temperature measurement, of the US Senate Foreign vices, by allowing users to pay their As a result Doha became a major and autonomous disinfectant robots. Relations Committee transaction fees online securely. hub for repatriation flights – most no- HIA’s secure passenger experience is Senator Robert Menendez, The number of transactions by tably to Johannesburg and Montreal, also ensured with its UVC disinfection and Senators Tom Cotton, government entities via e-Payment the firm said. tunnels to decontaminate inbound Jim Risch and Bill Hagerty Gateway during first quarter of 2021 During the pandemic, Qatar’s air- luggage from arriving passengers and separately in Washington was 582,108. In January 2021, a to- port never lost sight of its ambitious security screening technology which on Tuesday. tal 151,691 transactions were made long-term goals, continuing with its allows passengers to proceed through The meetings reviewed while 159,832 and 270,585 trans- expansion while being at the forefront security checkpoints without taking aspects of bilateral coop- actions were made in February and of airport health and safety innova- out electronic devices or liquids from eration between the two March, respectively. tions. their bags. countries and the latest The e-Payment Platform ser- In March 2020, when global air- HIA’s internal teams also devel- developments in the region. vice provides the following payment ports around the world began to close, oped an automated facial detection The US senators methods and features: HIA adapted and innovated to meet system using computer vision and ar- praised the efforts made by Credit card payment, using Instant discount to users who have ernment entities to add a feature the challenges posed by the pandemic, tificial intelligence to ensure the wear- Qatar to achieve peace and MasterCard, Visa Card and Ameri- accounts at the Qatar National Bank to their digital services that allows implementing the latest technologies ing of masks for all its staff. stability in the region. can Express Online refunds inquiring about payment status by to ensure the health and safety of its Account-to-account payment: Inquiry Service: It allows gov- transaction number or date. passengers and staff, and introducing Continued on page 2 25 die as roads, underground QRCS initiates Eid clothing inundated in China flooding project in Yemen QATAR Red Crescent Society DPA (QRCS) initiated an Eid Cloth- BEIJING ing project in Amanat Al- Asimah, Yemen, for the benefit AT least 25 people were killed as of 800 destitute families. At torrential rain lashed China’s cen- a total cost of $ 40,000, the tral province of Henan, causing charitable project is funded by landslides and flooding thatpartial - the donations from benevolent ly submerged the underground rail people in Qatar. It is one of the system of Zhengzhou. best humanitarian interven- About 200,000 residents were tions that bring happiness to evacuated as of Wednesday as sol- the hearts of children from the diers led rescue efforts in Zheng- most vulnerable households zhou – a city of more than 10 mil- at social organizations and lion people – where days of rain care homes, letting all chil- have inundated the streets and sub- dren share the joy of Eid. The way, local government officials said. mechanism involves distribut- FUN AND FROLIC AT KATARA More than 1 million people were ing prepaid vouchers to the Families and children enjoy various activities at Katara on the second day of Eid Al affected in the surrounding prov- dia. Videos showed how some of the was paralysed. target families. Three clothes Adha on Wednesday. Katara Beach receives visitors from 3pm to 10pm. Katara offers a ince of Henan, of which Zhengzhou multi-lane roads in the metropolis of The floodwaters inundated the shops were contracted, so that range of free water games for children in addition to the already existing water games. is the capital. 9 million people turned into raging underground system, where hun- the families could go there The floating café receives visitors throughout the days ofE id until 11 pm. Two beaches Saving lives was the “top prior- rivers. Cars floated in the floods. dreds of people were trapped on to select new clothes their (3 and 4) are designated for families, and beach 5 for youth. PAGE 2 ity,” Chinese President Xi Jinping Water and electricity supplies trains and also in tunnels, as re- children like. PAGE 2 was quoted as saying in the state me- were cut off in many places. Traffic ported by state media. PAGE 4 02 Thursday, July 22, 2021 Contact US: Qatar Tribune I EDITORIAL I Phone: 40002222 I ADMINISTRATION & MARKETING I Phone: 40002155, 40002122, Fax: 40002235 P.O. Box: 23493, Doha. HGH ED, PECs see more patients QRCS makes Yemeni children on the second day of Eid Al-Adha happy with clothing gifts on Eid TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK CATHERINE W GICHUKI DOHA DOHA QATAR Red Crescent Society MORE people were treated in (QRCS) launched an Eid cloth- the emergency departments ing project in Amanat Al-Asi- (ED) of Hamad General Hospi- mah, Yemen, to benefit some tal (HGH) and Paediatric Emer- 800 needy families. gency Centres (PECs) across the The charitable project, at a country on the second day of total cost of $40,000, is funded Eid Al-Adha. by donations from people in The Ambulance Service also Qatar. It is one of the most ef- attended to more cases, which fective humanitarian interven- was attributed to more people tions with an aim to bring joy exploring outdoors as opposed to children from the most vul- to the first day, when people nerable households in social stayed at home as families gath- organisations and care homes, ered. The HGH ED saw 418 allowing all children to share in patients, while PECs across the Howaidi added. for satellite PECs, PEC Airport Assistant Executive Director of the joy of Eid. country saw 714 cases. The Am- Dr Mohamed Al Amri, act- (61), and PEC Al Daayen (61). the Ambulance Service, the Am- Prepaid vouchers are dis- bulance Service responded to ing chairman of Paediatrics and (41). “There was one case of an- bulance Service attended to 155 tributed to target families as 155 calls. director of Paediatric Centres, aphylaxis because the child had cases from 12 a.m. to 12 p.m.