BUSINESS | Page 1 QATAR | Page 12 Indian Hunting and professionals seen falcons exhibition as link between at Katara concludes Qatar-India aft er achieving investment great success published in QATAR since 1978 SUNDAY Vol. XXXXI No. 11712 October 25, 2020 Rabia I 8, 1442 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Amir condoles with Second wave Covid-19 lockdown in Italy Sultan of Brunei Farm products His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, His Highness the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani and HE the Prime Minister and Minister to be available of Interior Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz al-Thani sent yesterday cables of condolences to Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah on the death of his son Prince Abdul at local yards Azim, praying to the Almighty Allah to have mercy on his soul and to rest it in peace in Paradise, and to inspire His Majesty and the ruling family with patience and solace. from Thursday Man held for violating home quarantine rules he yards for selling fresh local A man was arrested yesterday for farm products are being read- violating the legal requirements Tied for opening on Thursday to of home quarantine. The arrest concur with the upcoming agricultural came in implementation of the season, a senior offi cial has said. precautionary measures in force The maintenance and development in the country, approved by the works at the yards that pertain to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), A deserted street near the Colosseum is pictured as a curfew imposed by the region of Lazio from midnight to 5am to Ministry of Municipality and Environ- to ensure public safety and to curb curb the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) infections in Rome, Italy, yesterday. Page 8 ment (MME) have almost been com- the spread of the coronavirus. pleted in preparation for the reopening The person being referred to the on Thursday, said Abdulrahman Has- Abdulrahman Hassan al-Sulaiti prosecution is Abdullah Mohamed san al-Sulaiti, general supervisor of Abdullah al-Ibrahim al-Mohannadi. these yards at the ministry. etable shops to give customers better “About 75% of the necessary main- and a more convenient shopping ex- Trump votes in Florida; HMC portal off ers exercise videos tenance and development works at the perience. The yards will be operational fi ve yards - at Al Mazrouah, Al Wakra, three days a week (Thursdays, Fridays early voting in NY Al Khor and Al Thakhira, Al Shamal, and Saturdays) from 7am-4pm. President Donald Trump cast his he Physiotherapy Department with our “The process of rehabilitation and Al Sheehaniya - has already been Al-Sulaiti stressed that these yards vote yesterday in Florida ahead at Hamad Medical Corpora- young- starts the moment a patient is ad- completed and the remaining works are have considerably contributed in en- of another punishing day with Ttion (HMC) has marked World est pa- mitted to the hospital and continues set to be fi nished soon. This is in prep- couraging local farms to increase their three campaign rallies as he works Physiotherapy Day 2020 with the tients to after discharge through outpatient aration for selling the produce during products as they market around 50% of to close the gap with Joe Biden launch of a new website that includes patients or home care therapy services. The the upcoming agricultural season,” he the local produce while the remaining and pull off a 2016-style upset a dedicated online exercise video por- in inten- Physiotherapy Department provides told local Arabic daily Arrayah. part mostly goes to the Central Mar- win on November 3. “I voted for tal for patients. sive care physical therapy to patients during The maintenance works cover all the ket and shopping malls. He added that a guy named Trump,” he said. He The new website, hosted at www. units, The new website includes more than 270,000 outpatient visits buildings and facilities in addition to paying attention to the quality of the thus became one of nearly 55mn hamad.qa, can be accessed by current to sup- more than 500 videos. and 160,000 inpatient visits a year. replacing and maintaining the shades products on display at these yards have Americans to cast early ballots in patients through a link provided by porting We now have more than 300 thera- and the market umbrellas, internal refl ected positively on the turnout of a year when the coronavirus has their physiotherapist, includes more patients of long-term care rehabilita- pists working across HMC hospitals. planning and paving of the grounds to customers who consider these as their made in-person voting problematic. than 500 videos. The portal aims to tion facilities and in the community. Today we off er a full range of services make them ready to receive customers. preferred destination for buying fresh Meanwhile, New Yorkers jammed enhance the patient experience and Our team includes specialities such as to patients who need our care – from He said that 150 local farms are set to vegetables and fruits. polling places and stood in line for enables patients to access instruc- orthopaedics, neurology, cardiorespi- babies through to our older patients. take part in the new season and supply During the previous seasons, samples hours to cast ballots. Page 8 tional videos safely and conveniently ratory, paediatrics, women’s health, Most recently the department start- their fresh products for sale at these of the fruits and vegetables on display as part of supporting their journey to men’s health, geriatrics, oncology, ed providing services through tele- yards, and the number of farms could used to be tested regularly for traces of Senior Qaeda leader recovery. community-based physiotherapy, and medicine channels including video increase as the season unfolds. He insecticides and make sure that they are “Physiotherapists work in a multi- mental health,” said Noora al-Mudah- consultations,” added al-Mudahka. pointed out that all these yards will see safe for human consumption, as all the al-Masri killed tude of clinical settings, from working ka, chief of physiotherapy, HMC. To Page 2 expansions during the new season in- products sold at these yards are subject Afghan security forces have killed creasing the number of fruit and veg- to strict MME control. Page 2 Abu Muhsin al-Masri, a senior Al Qaeda leader who was on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Most Wanted Terrorists list, Afghanistan’s National Directorate UDC makes good progress of Security (NDS) said yesterday. Al-Masri, believed to be al Qaeda’s second-in-command, was killed on Gewan Island project during a special operation in Ghazni province in eastern Afghanistan. nited Development Company The fi rst major concrete pour was Virus deaths top 2,000 (UDC) has said it is moving successfully completed in August in Czech Republic Usteadily with the development boasting of 5,000 cubic metres of con- of its latest project, Gewan Island, crete, which constitutes one of the The number of people who have died while adhering to safety measures, de- largest concrete-pouring operations in while infected with the coronavirus spite the pandemic’s repercussions on Qatar - taking 33 hours to complete. in the Czech Republic has doubled public and business life. This is considered a major achieve- to 2,047 in two weeks. It took the The island is poised to be a “remark- ment given the magnitude of the op- country of 10.7mn seven months able addition to UDC’s portfolio of eration and the challenges faced amid to reach 1,000 deaths after the breakthrough iconic developments”, the limitations caused by the pandem- first reported case. The number of which also includes The Pearl-Qatar, ic, UDC has stressed. Two more simi- patients in serious state grew to 772 the company has said in a statement. lar major slab concrete pours totalling as of Friday, up from 438 two weeks Ibrahim Jassim al-Othman, UDC 9,000 cubic metres have also been ago. Hospitals were treating 5,314 president, CEO and member of the carried out this month, while another people with coronavirus in total. board, said: “We have come a signifi - massive pour operation of 8,800 cu- Czech off icials have acknowledged cant way in the development of Gewan bic metres began in the past few days, that the country needs help. Page 8 Island and managed the pandemic’s marking the completion of more than impact by applying a multi-faceted a third of the total land area. Thirteen 18 killed in attack on action plan while maintaining quality, more pouring operations are planned safety and environmental standards, over the coming months until January Afghan education centre which are key characteristics of all next year. A suicide bomber struck near an UDC projects. The Crystal Residence buildings sit education centre in the Afghan “We will continue with our eff orts to at the heart of Gewan Island within capital Kabul yesterday, killing at deliver this pioneering project, which a vibrant commercial and residential least 18 people in an attack claimed will open up new horizons for the de- district, with unobstructed sea views by the extremist Islamic State that velopment of modern cities in Qatar by from one side and the outdoor clima- rocked the conflict-wracked country. creating residential, commercial and tised ‘crystal walkway’, which is the is- Violence on the ground has spiked entertainment products and services land’s lively retail hub, from the other. in recent weeks despite the Taliban that seek to enhance the quality of life.” Once completed in 2022, they will and the Afghan government holding As a major development milestone, have 586 apartment units ranging from peace talks in Qatar to end the UDC recently launched construction one to four bedrooms, 101 public re- country’s grinding war.