The Cabinet Friday postponed until next week the approval of key administrative appointments, having been held back by Parliament’s newly endorsed mechanism for Grade One postings. The Cabinet session, chaired by President Michel Aoun at Baabda Palace, was held against the backdrop of tensions over the building of a power ... Read More »
Surgisphere issues public statement defending integrity of coronavirus study published in the Lancet More than 120 researchers and medical professionals from around the world have written an open letter to the editor of the Lancet raising serious concerns about a large and widely publicised global study that prompted the World ... Read More »
In Lebanon, the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the country at a time of instability. In this context, its secondary effects on domestic violence, the gender gap in employment and on unpaid work, risk disproportionately impacting women and girls, and rolling back hard-won gender equality gains. Women health care workers, social ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health announced on Friday that 4 new Coronavirus cases were registered in Lebanon. This brings the total number of cases to 1172. LBCI Read More »
Scientists’ understanding of the novel coronavirus grows daily, with new research constantly emerging. Here’s a roundup of coronavirus-related news and studies we found interesting and thought-provoking. Among the new research: people who’ve come down with a strain of coronavirus that causes the common cold could have immunity against the novel, ... Read More »
Embracing that reality is crucial to the next phase of America’s pandemic response, experts say. There’s a good chance the coronavirus will never go away. Even after a vaccine is discovered and deployed, the coronavirus will likely remain for decades to come, circulating among the world’s population. Experts call such ... Read More »
In its daily report on the latest developments of the novel Covid-19 virus, the Rafic Hariri University Hospital announced on Thursday, that the number of tests conducted in its laboratories during the past 24 hours has reached 389. It added that the number of patients infected with the virus currently ... Read More »
World’s largest vaccine maker in talks with governments over manufacturing expansion GlaxoSmithKline plans to produce 1bn doses of vaccine efficacy boosters, or adjuvants, next year for use in Covid-19 treatment. The world’s largest vaccine maker said it was in talks with governments to back a manufacturing expansion that would help ... Read More »
The Ministry of Public Health announced on Thursday 7 new coronavirus infections, thus taking the toll to 1168 cases. NNA Read More »
Minister of Information Manal Abdel Samad tweeted this Wednesday: “When I visited Marj Bisri, listened to the locals’ concerns, and discussed what could be done, including the halting of the project or its completion, one of the attendees cut out part of my statement to cause confusion and sedition, and this ... Read More »
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