The Ministry of Health announced on Sunday that 3 new Coronavirus cases were registered in Lebanon, bringing the total number of cases to 707. The ministry said in its daily report that 1345 tests were conducted during the past 24 hours for the residents and 15 tests for the Lebanese ... Read More »
Several other EU countries have already announced a tentative easing of restrictions France, Italy and Spain are preparing to loosen coronavirus restrictions, with other countries watching closely to see how some of the first and hardest-hit countries in Europe might safely emerge from their crippling lockdowns. After the US, where ... Read More »
Global deaths linked to the coronavirus passed 200,000 on Saturday, while confirmed cases of the virus are expected to hit 3 million in coming days, according to a Reuters tally. More than half of the fatalities have been reported by the United States, Spain and Italy. The first death linked ... Read More »
In its daily report on the latest developments of coronavirus, Rafic Hariri University Hospital announced that out of 266 laboratory tests conducted on Saturday, 3 new Coronavirus cases were registered while the remaining tests came out negative. The total number of laboratory-confirmed cases infected with the virus that are currently ... Read More »
COVID-19 lockdowns have pounded international tourism, which is estimated to see a 45 percent decline this year according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). G20 tourism ministers pledged to ensure coordination as their countries ease lockdowns and travel restrictions, and to support the struggling industry’s recovery. “We ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that 8 new Coronavirus cases were registered in Lebanon, bringing the total number of cases to 704. This as the ministry said that two new deaths were registered in the past 24 hours bringing the total number of deaths to 24. LBCI Read More »
Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 420 on Friday, the smallest daily tally since March 19, the Civil Protection Agency said, but the number of new infections rose to 3,021 from 2,646 on Thursday. Friday’s death toll was down from 464 the day before. The total of ... Read More »
More than 50,000 people in the US have died within less than four months of the onset of the coronavirus outbreak as a patchwork response to the pandemic struggled to combat the spread of the virus. At least 50,031 people in the US have died from Covid-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. ... Read More »
The COVID-19 outbreak has translated into a major education crisis. Nearly 190 countries have imposed school closures, affecting 1.5 billion children and young people, according to a UN report launched by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres last week. While many countries, including Lebanon, switched to distance teaching and learning to mitigate the ... Read More »
Lebanon’s government was advised to extend a coronavirus lockdown by two weeks until May 10 on Friday, but the country’s higher defense council said it should gradually restore certain parts of the economy in the coming weeks. Already hit by a financial crisis that has prompted a sovereign debt default ... Read More »
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