The Coronavirus that has infected 66 people and killed 3 so far in Lebanon has caused widespread panic across the nation because there are few hospitals that are well-equipped enough to treat patients with the virus and the Rafiq Al-Hariri Hospital suffers from outdated equipment and unpaid employees. This announcement, ...

Rafik Hariri University Hospital just confirmed 7 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in its daily coronavirus report. This brings the total number of cases in Lebanon to 73, while that of coronavirus-related deaths remains 3. Hariri Hospital said that, during the past 24 hours, 158 patients were received by its specialized ...

Findings mean that isolating people once they start to feel ill is less effective than hoped   Many coronavirus infections may be spread by people who have recently caught the virus and have not yet begun to show symptoms, scientists have found. An analysis of infections in Singapore and Tianjin ...

Deadly heatwaves, floods and rising hunger far greater threat to world than coronavirus, scientists say The world is “way off track” in dealing with the climate emergency and time is fast running out, the UN secretary general has said. António Guterres sounded the alarm at the launch of the UN’s ...

France will close all schools and universities in the country in response to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, President Emmanuel Macron has announced. Speaking in a televised address on Thursday evening, Macron said the measures would be implemented from Monday following a spike in confirmed cases of the deadly virus. “It is one of the most ...

IEA warns that Covid-19 could cause a slowdown in world’s clean energy transition   The coronavirus health crisis may lead to a slump in global carbon emissions this year but the outbreak poses a threat to long-term climate action by undermining investment in clean energy, according to the global energy ...

The death toll from Italy’s coronavirus outbreak passed 1,000 as France and Ireland began closing schools and universities to slow the spread of Covid-19. Italy’s death toll jumped by 189 in 24 hours to 1,016, a rise of 23 per cent. Officials confirmed cases had risen to 15,113 from 12,462. This is biggest ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has canceled events planned this week in Colorado and Nevada “out of an abundance of caution from the coronavirus outbreak,” White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said in a statement. — REUTERS

Prime Minister, Dr. Hassan Diab, said during the press conference held this evening at the Grand Serail after the meeting of the Coronavirus Follow-up Committee: “As you may know, Lebanon was among the first countries to take tough action on the coronavirus. From the onset, we have established a Special Committee to follow ...

Minister of Information Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, welcomed this Wednesday in her office at the Ministry the Ambassador of the European Union to Lebanon, Ralph Tarraf, with talks reportedly touching on the EU’s projects in Lebanon and media cooperation prospects.   Minister Abdel Samad later met with German Ambassador ...