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Gulf Medical University achieves global quality accreditation

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Post date 3 September 2021
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Gulf Medical University Quality Department getting Appreciation Certificates for the Achievement from Dr. Thumbay Moideen - Founder President, Board of Trustees. and Chancellor Prof Hossam Hamdy, Gulf Medical University.

Gulf Medical University has become one of the latest international institutions to receive global accreditation from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)…reports Asian Lite News

Gulf Medical University secured global quality accreditation from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), the UK’s independent quality body and a global leader in quality assurance for higher education.

Global accreditation is awarded to international institutions who have passed QAA’s rigorous International Quality Review [IQR], which measures global institutions against international quality assurance standards set out in Part 1 of the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG).

Gulf Medical University Quality Department getting Appreciation Certificates for the Achievement from Dr. Thumbay Moideen – Founder President, Board of Trustees. and Chancellor Prof Hossam Hamdy, Gulf Medical University.

The review, which took place in April 2021, was completed by a team of three independent reviewers, including an international expert and a student reviewer appointed by QAA. In making their conclusions, the independent review teams confirmed that Gulf Medical University meets all 10 of the ESG.

Professor Hossam Hamdy, Chancellor, Gulf Medical University said:

“The accreditation of Gulf Medical University (GMU) by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) is an important milestone in the history of the University. We were pleased that the report indicated that we have met all the 10 standards of the ESG, the few desirable suggestions for improvement will certainly help us develop further.

Engaging over 1 year in the process for getting the accreditation was a very constructive journey with many positive outcomes to our institute!”

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Vicki Stott, QAA Executive Director of Operations and Deputy Chief Executive said: “This is a fantastic achievement for Gulf Medical University, demonstrating that they meet standards of international best practice. Successful institutions rely on collaboration and benchmarking, and that’s exactly what IQR provides: allowing international institutions to measure their own approach to quality assurance against European quality standards. It also allows international institutions to demonstrate and improve their effectiveness, improve public perception and to develop new partnerships with UK and European institutions.”

Gulf Medical University have obtained QAA institutional accreditation for a period of five years, subject to a satisfactory mid-cycle review. This allows them to display QAA’s IQR Accreditation Badge, demonstrating that their quality assurance procedures are comparable with international best practice.

By securing global accreditation from QAA, international institutions can clearly spotlight their quality standards internationally, and more easily open dialogue with institutions outside their own country.

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UK reopens quarantine-free travel to select countries

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Post date 8 May 2021
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Portugal, Israel, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand are among 12 countries and regions on the “green list” of travel destinations from May 17 for people in UK , reports Asian Lite News

The British government on Friday announced a “green list” of countries from which travellers are not required to quarantine upon return to England.

Portugal, Israel, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand are among 12 countries and regions on the “green list” of travel destinations from May 17 for people in England, British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said.

Speaking at a press conference at Downing Street, Shapps said that Covid tests will still be required before and after travel to these destinations.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps during a Covid-19 press conference inside No10 Downing Street (Picture by Andrew Parsons / No 10 Downing Street)

Shapps described the step as “tentative” as concerns remain “about resurgence of Covid”, the Xinhua news agency reported.

Under the new traffic light system, Turkey, the Maldives and Nepal have been added to the “red list”, which means travellers from those countries will have to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days on their return.

Shapps said that the government’s latest decision was “necessarily cautious”. “We must make sure the countries we reconnect with are safe,” he added.

Also Read – Australia to lift India travel ban from May 15

Countries on the green, amber and red lists would be reviewed every three weeks from May 17, according to Shapps.

The British government is only responsible for coronavirus restrictions in England. The devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are responsible for their own policies in relation to public health matters. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have not said when they might ease their strict travel restrictions.

Another 2,490 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,431,043, according to official figures released on Friday.

A pedestrian walks by a pub, The Hope, shuttered in London due to coronavirus regulations. Thousands of British pubs have not survived the pandemic, according to an industry association, and the ones that have will need financial support “for years if they are to recover.” Photo: Yui Mok/PA

The country also reported another 15 coronavirus-related deaths. The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain now stands at 127,598. These figures only include the deaths of people who died within 28 days of their first positive test.

More than 35 million people have been given the first jab of the coronavirus vaccine, according to the latest official figures.

Earlier Friday, Public Health England declared a coronavirus strain first detected in India, known as B1617.2, as “variant of concern”.

Also Read – British Airways sends emergency aid to Delhi

Experts have warned that despite progress in vaccine rollout, Britain is “still not out of the woods” amid concerns over new variants, particularly those first emerged in South Africa, Brazil and India, and the third wave of pandemic on the European continent.

To bring life back to normal, countries such as Britain, China, Russia, the US as well as the European Union have been racing against time to roll out coronavirus vaccines.

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Int’l flights reduced to 20% in Pakistan

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Post date 2 May 2021
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Inbound air traffic will operate at 20 per cent of the total current quantum, while there is no change in the existing Category C list countries…reports Asian Lite News

The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Saturday issued an advisory reducing the number of inbound international flights to 20 per cent to curb a further rise in Covid-19 cases.

“Amid high disease prevalence in various parts of the world and current disease situation in the country with corresponding extreme stress on the critical care system. Pakistan has decided to significantly reduce inbound International Air Travel from 5 May to 20th May,” said the NCOC in a statement on Twitter.

It was not immediately clear which routes and air carriers will be affected.

The NCOC said that the decision will be reviewed on May 18.

Inbound air traffic will operate at 20 per cent of the total current quantum, while there is no change in the existing Category C list countries.

“Pakistani passport holders (stranded/short term visa) are allowed to travel to Pakistan subject to exemption by the committee as per procedures in vogue,” the NCOC statement read.

All inbound travellers to Pakistan, including those from the Category C list countries, must have a negative repeat PCR test before travelling to Pakistan (maximum 72 hours old) while a rapid antigen test will be done on arrival at the airport.

Negative cases will undergo 10 days of self-quarantine at home with stringent TTO protocols, Geo TV reported.

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The statement said that positive cases will be shifted by the provincial/ district administration to a self-paid facility for 10 days quarantine with TTO of contacts (if any) and a repeat PCR test will be conducted on the 8th day of the quarantine period.

In case of a negative result, the passenger will be allowed to proceed home. However, in case of a positive result, the passenger will either undergo an additional quarantine period or be shifted to hospital as per the advice of health authorities.

The NCOC stated that registration on the Passtrack App by all inbound travellers before travelling to Pakistan is mandatory, however, deportees are exempted from registration on the app.

Pakistan has seen record deaths in recent days from the coronavirus, and stricter restrictions on movement and gathering in public are planned for the upcoming Eid holiday.

Officials are worried the country’s health care system, already under strain, could reach breaking point if more contagious variants of the virus begin to spread, as has happened in neighbouring India.

On Saturday, authorities reported 4,696 new confirmed Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours and 146 deaths from the disease.