Research to develop vaccines and treatments to fight the coronavirus has “accelerated at incredible speed,” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday. “The viral genome was mapped in early January and shared globally which enabled tests to be developed and vaccine research to start,” he said at a ... Read More »
UN chief calls for domestic violence ‘ceasefire’ amid ‘horrifying global surge’
In a reference to his repeated appeals for a ceasefire in conflicts around the world, to focus on the shared struggle to overcome the virus, the Secretary-General pointed out that violence is not confined to the battlefield, and that “for many women and girls, the threat looms largest where they ... Read More »
Kubis: U.N. in Lebanon Preparing COVID-19 Funding Appeal
U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jan Kubis on Monday announced that the U.N. in Lebanon is preparing a COVID-19 funding appeal, to be issued this week, to support the national COVID-19 response. “The appeal is divided into four priority areas: 1. Supporting the preparedness and response capacity of the Lebanese ... Read More »
US coronavirus death toll tops 10,000 as cases pass 337,000
Nation’s death toll nears that of Italy and Spain as health officials warn Americans to continue social distancing The death toll in the United States from the global coronavirus pandemic officially passed 10,000 on Monday, according to the latest data, with more than 337,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases having been ... Read More »
Former world officials call on US to ease Iran sanctions to fight Covid-19
Group of former diplomats and ministers says shifting rules on medical trade could save hundreds of thousands of lives A group of 24 senior diplomats and defence officials, including four former Nato secretary generals, have urged Donald Trump to save “potentially hundreds of thousands of lives” across the Middle East ... Read More »
Europe looks past lockdowns as US and Japan brace for coronavirus trauma
Germany believes public life can gradually resume, while Spain and Italy see glimmers of hope Europe’s governments have begun to look ahead to the post-lockdown phase of their battle against Covid-19 as curves on the continent flatten, while the US braces for “peak death week” and Japan prepares to declare ... Read More »
MoPH: 14 new coronavirus cases, one more death
14 new cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in Lebanon and one more death has been recorded, according to the Ministry of Public Health’s daily report on Monday. “Until 6/4/2020, the number of laboratory-confirmed [Covid-19] cases in the Rafik Hariri University Hospital, the accredited university hospitals and ... Read More »
Coronavirus: global cases pass 1.2m as Trump warns US of worse to come
New York state grateful for Chinese ventilators amid dwindling supplies as US president tells nation there will be ‘a lot of death’ Donald Trump has warned the US the worst is yet to come in the coronavirus crisis, as global cases of Covid-19 passed 1.2m and the governor of New ... Read More »
Lebanon Repatriates Nationals in Rare Flights despite Virus
Lebanon on Sunday started repatriating nationals who were stranded abroad in its first flights in weeks since it closed its international airport to stem the novel coronavirus. Many Lebanese work abroad, in the Gulf or in Africa, while thousands of youth study in Europe. The first of four planes touched ... Read More »
Lebanon registered 7 new coronavirus cases, 1 death
The Ministry of Public Health announced on Sunday that 7 new Coronavirus cases were reported today, bringing the total number of cases to 527 in Lebanon. The ministry added that the number of tests conducted during the past 24 hours reached 389 tests. This as 1 new death was registered ... Read More »