World leaders pledged on Friday to accelerate work on tests, drugs and vaccines against COVID-19 and to share them around the globe, but the United States did not take part in the launch of the World Health Organization (WHO) initiative. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and South ...

The Higher Defense Council on Friday recommended a five-phase plan to reopen the country and end the coronavirus lockdown. The first phase would begin on April 27, the second on May 4, the third on May 11, the fourth on May 25 and the fifth on June 8, the Council ...

The Ministry of Health announced on Friday that 8 new Coronavirus cases were registered in Lebanon, bringing the total number of cases to 696. This as the ministry said that 1127 tests were conducted during the past 24 hours, with no deaths reported among Coronavirus patients. LBCI

Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, tweeted this Friday: “We welcome Ramadan this year under difficult health, economic and social circumstances, and the timing coincides with the commemoration of the Armenian genocide which we condemn just as we condemn all crimes targeting civilians and innocent people. May this Holy month ...

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday the coronavirus could give some countries an excuse to adopt repressive measures for reasons unrelated to the pandemic as he warned that the outbreak risks becoming a human rights crisis. Guterres released a U.N. report highlighting how human rights should guide the response ...

Euro zone business activity hit another record low during April in another sign that the coronavirus pandemic is causing severe economic damage across the region. The IHS Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index, which measures both the services industry and manufacturing, dropped to 13.5 in April, according to the preliminary data. In March, the ...

Minister of Public Health, Hamad Hassan, welcomed at his office this Thursday representatives of international organizations operating in Lebanon, among whom the UNRWA’S Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon, Claudio Cordone, World Health Organization representative in Lebanon, Iman Shankiti, and UNHCR representative, Mireille Girard. Minister Hassan indicated that “it was agreed to ...

Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Thursday chaired a meeting dedicated to studying all necessary measures to launch the second phase of repatriation of Lebanese citizens. Attending the meeting were Ministers of Defense, Zeina Akar, Foreign Affairs Nassif Hitti, Public Works and Transport Michel Najjar, Interior Mohammad Fahmi, Information Manal Abdel ...

The Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that 6 new Coronavirus cases were registered today in Lebanon. This as the total number of cases in Lebanon reached 688 cases so far. LBCI

On Feb. 21, Lebanon reported its first coronavirus infection. Eight days later, the schools were closed, followed quickly by bars, restaurants and the airport. By the time the government declared a total lockdown on March 15, the entire country had already shut down, in a state of self-induced panic as ...