Reported cases of the coronavirus have crossed 2.26 million globally and 154,613 people have died, according to a Reuters tally as of 1400 GMT on Saturday. AMERICAS *As some U.S. states look to start reopening their coronavirus-battered economies amid protests from supporters of President Donald Trump anxious to get back ... Read More »
Iran allowed some businesses in the capital Tehran to re-open on Saturday as the country’s daily death toll from the new coronavirus fell to 73, its lowest in more than a month. So-called low-risk businesses – including many shops, factories and workshops – resumed operations in Tehran, a week after ... Read More »
The Rafic Hariri University Hospital’s daily report on the latest developments regarding the Covid-19 epidemic, reflected Saturday promising news at various levels, the first of which being the results of 160 laboratory examinations which turned out to be negative, in addition to 5 recoveries, thus bringing the total number of ... Read More »
The Ministry of Public Health announced in its daily report on Saturday that 672 cases of coronavirus infections have thus far been detected, with 4 new cases reported this Saturday, April 18, 2020. Read More »
Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, sent out “a humanitarian emergency call” via her Twitter account this afternoon, saying: “When we are united in the face of hardship, things become easier…It is not a joke that you fall ill and you are refused admission into a hospital in your ... Read More »
“What I can confirm is that we have succeeded in overcoming ‘dark times’ by adhering to home quarantine,” Minister of Public Health, Hamad Hassan, announced Friday via his Twitter account. He added: “We still have three critical stages to implement a safe and highly accurate reverse plan, which includes a ... Read More »
Authorities in the Chinese city where the global coronavirus pandemic began late last year have revised its death toll upwards by 50%, as the government in Beijing again denied there had been any cover-up in its handling of the crisis. A local government taskforce in Wuhan charged with virus prevention ... Read More »
The Health Ministry released its daily statement on the number of coronavirus cases on Friday reporting five new cases raising the tally to 668. The new cases were all recorded among Lebanese residents and none among the expatriates repatriated home recently. The number of fatalities remains at 21 for the ... Read More »
“I hope these blessed occasions carry goodness for all, and I strongly support everyone who contributes to improving the situation, especially the Ministry of Information team members who have not stopped working for two months until today, following-up on cases in the media sector and working on legal amendments to regulate ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, indicated Thursday that work on bolstering participatory dialogue between the government and citizens was underway, highlighting the role of her ministry in this process. NNA Read More »
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