Minister of Public Health, Hamad Hassan, on Wednesday indicated that the number of domestic coronavirus cases had been on the rise following the closure of Lebanon’s air and sea ports, warning that further increase would drag the country to the unknown. “Within two weeks, ever since we suspended air and ... Read More »
Leaders are warned that if division prevails, pandemic will be more destructive than Brexit, migration and bailout crises The European Union has weathered the storms of eurozone bailouts, the migration crisis and Brexit, but some fear coronavirus could be even more destructive. In a rare intervention Jacques Delors, the former ... Read More »
Researchers at the University of Minnesota created a 3D map of the ‘spike’ protein used to latch on to cells New research has shed light on a crucial biological mechanism that may have helped the coronavirus to infect humans and spread rapidly around the world. A detailed analysis of ... Read More »
How many people die after being infected with the novel coronavirus? Fewer than previously calculated, according to a study released Monday, but still more than die from the flu. The research, published in the medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases, estimated that about 0.66% of those infected with the virus ... Read More »
World Health Organization officials said early research shows that some drugs “may have an impact” on fighting the coronavirus, but the data are extremely preliminary and more research needs to be done to determine whether the treatments can reliably fight COVID-19. There is “some preliminary data from non-randomized studies, observational ... Read More »
Times of upheaval are always times of radical change. Some believe the pandemic is a once-in-a-generation chance to remake society and build a better future. Others fear it may only make existing injustices worse. Everything feels new, unbelievable, overwhelming. At the same time, it feels as if we’ve walked ... Read More »
Key developments in the global coronavirus outbreak today include: Global deaths pass 40,000 Data collected by Johns Hopkins University researchers show at least 40,636 people have died across the world, while 174,019 people have recovered after becoming infected. The institution says that at least 823,479 people have been infected. Both ... Read More »
Cabinet held on Tuesday a meeting at the Grand Serail, chaired by Prime Minister Hassan Diab, who underlined that the government has largely succeeded, so far, in containing the Coronavirus pandemic. The effort made by His Excellency the Minister of Health and the Government as a whole has yielded good ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, announced after the cabinet session this Tuesday that “it has been agreed to provide financial assistance amounting at LBP 400 thousand to the families most in need, to be distributed by the Lebanese Army.” She emphasized that “the proposal of the ministerial committee on ... Read More »
The Ministry of Public Health announced that the total of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Lebanon rose to 463 on March 31st. It confirmed the new cases in its daily coronavirus report released on the same date. The report said: “Until 31/03/2020, the total of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases at Rafik Hariri ... Read More »
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