The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned “the worst is yet ahead of us” in the coronavirus outbreak, with the vast majority of the public thought to remain at risk from the disease even in countries that are lifting lockdown measures. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the organisation’s director-general, said early data indicated ... Read More »
US oil prices fall back below zero amid coronavirus crisis
Producers forced to pay buyers to take barrels off their hands due to oversupply of crude US oil markets have fallen back below zero as the coronavirus crisis continues to take a toll on oil demand. The US oil price – which turned negative for the first time in market ... Read More »
Coronavirus crisis could double number of people suffering acute hunger – UN
Report from UN World Food Programme and others warns 265m people are facing acute risk The coronavirus crisis will push more than a quarter of a billion people to the brink of starvation unless swift action is taken to provide food and humanitarian relief to the most at-risk regions, the ... Read More »
Health Ministry teams continue random tests across Lebanon
For the second day in a row, teams dispatched by the Ministry of Health continued on Tuesday conducting random PCR tests across Lebanon to detect Coronavirus cases. Read More »
Global coronavirus cases pass 2.5 million as U.S. tally nears 800,000
Global coronavirus infections surpassed 2.5 million on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, with U.S. cases nearing 800,000. The figure includes more than 170,000 deaths, two-thirds of which have been reported in Europe. It took around 75 days for the first 500,000 cases to be reported, and just six days ... Read More »
WHO warns lifting of coronavirus lockdowns must be gradual
The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that any lifting of lockdowns to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus must be gradual, and if restrictions were to be relaxed too soon, there would be a resurgence of infections. Lockdown measures have proved effective, and people must be ready for ... Read More »
WHO rejects theory coronavirus is lab-made
The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that all available evidence suggests the novel coronavirus originated in animals in China late last year, and was not manipulated or produced in a laboratory. The World Health Organization is trying to play down theories that the novel coronavirus was produced by a ... Read More »
No new Coronavirus cases registered today in Lebanon
The Ministry of Health said on Tuesday that no new Coronavirus cases were registered today in Lebanon. This as 677 Coronavirus cases were recorded so far in Lebanon. LBCI Read More »
NASA Finds Previously Hidden ‘Earth-Like’ Planet That Could Be Home To Life
Nasa has found an “intriguing” planet that could be home to life in old data from a retired space telescope. The Earth-sized exoplanet orbits around its star’s habitable zone, meaning that the temperature is mild enough to allow a rocky planet to support liquid water. The distant world was discovered ... Read More »
Coronavirus pandemic sends oil prices plunging to lowest in 22 years, as demand dries up
US oil prices plunged to their lowest level in more than two decades on Monday as the outlook for America’s shale industry worsened amid sharply lower demand during the coronavirus pandemic. With planes grounded, businesses closed and billions of people under lockdown conditions at home, demand for oil has dropped ... Read More »