Criminals seek rich pickings as viewers stuck at home flock to TV streaming sites Hackers have created more than 700 fake websites mimicking Netflix and Disney+ sign-up pages, as cyber-criminals seek to harvest personal information from consumers during the coronavirus lockdown streaming boom. Netflix, which is expected to smash ... Read More »
In 1911, a deadly epidemic spread through China and threatened to become a pandemic. Its origins appeared to be related to the trade in wild animals, but at the time no one was sure. Lockdowns, quarantine measures, the wearing of masks, travel restrictions, the mass cremation of victims, and border ... Read More »
-Interior Minister Mohamed Fahmy, issued a circular on Sunday, announcing the amendment of the curfew in Lebanon from eight o’clock in the evening instead of seven, as a measure taken by the Ministry of Interior to combat the spread of the coronavirus. The minister also adjusted the timing of opening ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health announced on Sunday that 1 new Coronavirus case was registered in Lebanon, bringing the total number of cases to 673 in Lebanon. The ministry added that no death among Coronavirus patients were reported, leaving the death toll at 21. This as 704 tests were conducted during ... Read More »
Staff with no masks or sanitiser fear for residents as hundreds die in care homes It was just a few days after the ban on visits to his mother’s nursing home in the Swedish city of Uppsala, on 3 April, that Magnus Bondesson started to get worried. “They [the home] ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, expressed her wishes on Sunday to those celebrating Easter, stressing that the belief in Lebanon will not change. “The Easter celebration differs this year because of the social distancing imposed by the novel coronavirus,” she said, noting that hope for change and ... Read More »
Covid-19 patients who are getting an experimental drug called remdesivir have been recovering quickly, with most going home in days, STAT News reported Thursday after it obtained a video of a conversation about the trial. The patients taking part in a clinical trial of the drug have all had severe ... Read More »
Public Health Minister, Hamad Hassan, disclosed Saturday that the test results are good today, noting that out of 1050 examinations conducted, only 5 came out positive. “We are proceeding according to the plan that was very carefully developed, provided that there is no excessive optimism, because we are committed to ... Read More »
In South Korea, health officials are trying to solve a mystery: why 163 people who recovered from coronavirus have retested positive, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). The same has been recorded in China, where some coronavirus patients tested positive after seeming to recover, although ... Read More »
The World Health Organization issued a warning about coronavirus testing, saying there’s no evidence serological tests can show whether a person has immunity or is no longer at risk of becoming reinfected. “These antibody tests will be able to measure that level of serology presence, that level of antibodies, but ... Read More »
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