– The Ministry of Information and the UNESCO Office in Beirut are organizing four virtual training workshops for journalists, media students and media professionals in the Ministry and State-run TV Station, Tele-Liban, on “Journalism during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic” during the months of February and March 2021. A group ...
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Climate Change May Have Had ‘Key Role’ In Pandemic: Study
Climate change may have played a “key role” in the transmission of the novel coronavirus to humans by driving several species of pathogen-carrying bats into closer contact, research showed on Friday. The virus, which has killed more than two million people and caused unprecedented global disruption, is thought to have ...
Read More »AstraZeneca Vaccine Effective Against UK Variant: Oxford University
Britain’s Oxford University said on Friday its researchers behind the joint AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine had found it to be effective against the UK virus variant now dominant across the country. The university, which developed the jab with the British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm, said an ongoing assessment of its effectiveness showed that ...
Read More »Abdel Samad: Consciousness And Media Awareness Are The Vaccine Against False Information
Caretaker Information Minister, Manal Abdel Samad, said on Friday via her Twitter account that “the vaccine is our only weapon against Covid-19.” “Just like the medical vaccine boosts immunity against the coronavirus, alertness and media awareness are the vaccine that boosts immunity against the pandemic of false information,” Abdel Samad ...
Read More »Ministry of Health: Record 98 deaths, 3071 infection cases
The Ministry of Public Health announced 3071 new coronavirus infection cases, which brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 315340. A record number of 98 deaths has been recorded.
Read More »Abdel Samad Meets Grillo, Thanks Macron and France’s Humanitarian Contributions
Caretaker Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, received this Friday the French ambassador to Lebanon, Anne Grillo, with talks touching on Lebanese-French relations. Abdel Samad thanked Abdel “French President Emmanuel Macron for his efforts to push for the formation of a government in Lebanon.” She also praised France’s “humanitarian ...
Read More »Britain Explores Mixed COVID Vaccine Shots As Variants Threaten
British researchers are to explore mixing doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines in a world first trial aimed at finding new ways to swiftly reduce coronavirus infections as new mutated variants emerge. While thousands of individual changes have arisen as the virus mutates on replication and evolves into ...
Read More »Health Ministry Confirms 3107 New Coronavirus Cases, 82 More Deaths
The Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that 3107 new Coronavirus cases were recorded during the past 24 hours in Lebanon with 82 new deaths. LBCI
Read More »Abdel Samad Launches Draft Media Plan For Vaccine: It Is Necessary To Reach 80% Community Coverage
Caretaker Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, confirmed during the launch of the draft media plan for the coronavirus vaccine, that “it is necessary to reach 80% community coverage.” “There are citizen concerns scientifically related to the vaccine, and we must in this context limit false information because other concerns ...
Read More »Abdel Samad Sends Hassan Lists Of Journalists Wishing To Receive COVID19 Vaccine
Caretaker Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Wednesday addressed a letter to Caretaker Health Minister, Hamad Hassan, which includes lists of journalist syndicates who wish to receive the Covid-19 vaccine and whose number has reached 2,846 people. The Minister of Information will coordinate with the Minister of Health during ...
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