The Rafic Hariri University Hospital announced Sunday, in its daily report on the developments of the corona epidemic, that out of 227 laboratory tests performed, 5 new infections with the Covid-19 virus belonging to the same family have been registered while the remaining tests came out negative. The report added ... Read More »
Health Minister Hamad Hasan warned Sunday that it is not possible to build conclusive data on the results of tests conducted over the last 24 hours, which showed earlier today that only one new person had tested positive for the coronavirus – raising the total number of cases in Lebanon ... Read More »
Reported cases of the coronavirus have crossed 2.31 million globally and 158,384 people have died, according to a Reuters tally as of 0200 GMT on Sunday. AMERICAS * U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she believed lawmakers are very close to a deal on approving extra money to help small ... Read More »
Spain’s death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak rose by 410 on Sunday, down from 565 on Saturday, the Health Ministry said, the lowest daily increase in about a month in one of the world’s hardest hit countries. The total number of deaths reached 20,453. The daily increase was the ... Read More »
-Interior Minister Mohamed Fahmy, issued a circular on Sunday, announcing the amendment of the curfew in Lebanon from eight o’clock in the evening instead of seven, as a measure taken by the Ministry of Interior to combat the spread of the coronavirus. The minister also adjusted the timing of opening ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health announced on Sunday that 1 new Coronavirus case was registered in Lebanon, bringing the total number of cases to 673 in Lebanon. The ministry added that no death among Coronavirus patients were reported, leaving the death toll at 21. This as 704 tests were conducted during ... Read More »
Staff with no masks or sanitiser fear for residents as hundreds die in care homes It was just a few days after the ban on visits to his mother’s nursing home in the Swedish city of Uppsala, on 3 April, that Magnus Bondesson started to get worried. “They [the home] ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, expressed her wishes on Sunday to those celebrating Easter, stressing that the belief in Lebanon will not change. “The Easter celebration differs this year because of the social distancing imposed by the novel coronavirus,” she said, noting that hope for change and ... Read More »
Public Health Minister, Hamad Hassan, disclosed Saturday that the test results are good today, noting that out of 1050 examinations conducted, only 5 came out positive. “We are proceeding according to the plan that was very carefully developed, provided that there is no excessive optimism, because we are committed to ... Read More »
Donald Trump has doubled down on his tweets calling for supporters to “liberate” three Democrat-led states under lockdown measures intended to slow the spread of coronavirus. During a wild and at times incoherent press conference performance on Friday, the US president spouted a series of mistruths and false claims, including his ... Read More »
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