The Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that 1842 new Coronavirus cases were registered in the country during the past 24 hours with 22 deaths. LBCI

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“According to a poll conducted by Lebanon’s Ministry of Information, 75% support the inclusion of a penalty in the media law to protect female journalists. We should work together, governments, multinationals, and civil society to fight against and prevent gender-based violence,” tweeted Caretaker Information Minister, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, ...

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Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Wednesday welcomed United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jan Kubis, with whom she discussed general issues and an array of projects of interest to Lebanon, especially those related to the media sector. In the wake of the meeting, Abdel Samad ...

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Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Wednesday welcomed UNDP Director in Lebanon, Celine Moyroud, accompanied by United Nations Regional Ambassador for Climate Action, Michael Haddad. Moyroud and Haddad briefed Minister Abdel Samad on the UNDP’s campaign, which is set to take place on December 3, 2020, ...

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Caretaker Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, has partaken in the 4th Arab Chinese Cooperation symposium, virtually held in Cairo via conference video under the theme “responsibility of media in enhancing Arab Chinese joint development amid coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic”, organized by the Arab League in coordination with China’s Information Bureau ...

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British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Monday an interim analysis of clinical trials showed its coronavirus vaccine has an average efficacy of 70% in protecting against the virus. It comes after a string of encouraging vaccine results in recent weeks, following late-stage trial readouts from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. Pfizer and Moderna reported preliminary results showing that ...

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Mouthwash could become a vital part of people’s daily routine after laboratory tests found it can kill off coronavirus within 30 seconds. The initial results of a non-peer-reviewed Cardiff University study showed “promising signs” of mouthwashes containing at least 0.07 per cent cetypyridinium chloride (CPC) being capable of combatting the virus. Scientists carried out tests ...

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The world is moving a step closer to ending the coronavirus pandemic, the scientist behind Britain’s first vaccine has declared, as Boris Johnson said he hoped the majority of those most at-risk could be immunised by Easter. Successful trial results for the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine, suggesting it could protect up ...

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Rafic Hariri University Hospital announced on Monday, in its daily report on the emerging Coronavirus ‘COVID-19’ epidemic, that 31 patients are currently in critical condition and 2 others have recovered, while 3 death cases have been reported during the past 24 hours. In details, the report indicated the following: – ...

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Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, congratulated via Twitter the Lebanese on the 77th Independence Day, saying: “In order to achieve true independence, we must work for the independence of the judiciary, refuse to participate in quotas, reject sectarianism, end impunity, eliminate corruption, and return people’s looted ...

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