Middle East Airlines announced Friday four flights to take off Sunday in order to evacuate Lebanese expats abroad, after Cabinet approved a mechanism for their return. According to a statement by MEA, the flights are organized “in accordance with the conditions laid down by the government.” The Cabinet’s decision states ... Read More »
The Central Bank Friday instructed commercial banks to allow customers with deposits of not more than LL5 million to withdraw their money after converting them to the current dollar market exchange rate based on the prices of an electronic platform that will be created soon. Central Bank Gov. Riad Salameh ... Read More »
Spain overtook Italy for the first time on Friday for the number of confirmed coronavirus cases, but the overnight death toll fell from the previous day, providing a small glimmer of hope. With a total 117,710 confirmed cases, Spain is now second in the number of infections only to the ... Read More »
The Health Ministry announced on Friday that the number of coronavirus cases rose to 508 infected individuals and 17 deaths. “The total number of laboratory-confirmed cases has reached 508, including those diagnosed at private hospitals, laboratories accredited by the Ministry of Health, and the state-run Rafik Hariri University Hospital,” said ... Read More »
The World Bank approved the re-allocation of $40 million under the current Health Resilience Project (US$120 million) to strengthen Lebanon’s Health Ministry’s capacity to respond to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the WB said in a press release on Thursday. The funds will help “by equipping governmental hospitals and increasing their ... Read More »
China announces day of mourning for ‘martyrs’ as city at centre of outbreak seeks to avoid second wave before travel bans lift Residents of Wuhan have been warned to stay indoors and strengthen protection measures, a few days before travel restrictions on the city at the centre of the pandemic ... Read More »
Grim milestone approaches as WHO chief says he is ‘deeply concerned’ about spread Confirmed Covid-19 infections are nearing the one million mark after “near exponential growth” saw global cases more than double in the past week. The World Health Organization chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned of the approaching milestone ... Read More »
Prime Minister Hassan Diab has scratched the item relevant to appointments in the financial and banking sector from the agenda of the Cabinet session held Thursday at Baabda palace, as indicated by Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad. “The PM saw that the appointments must be [based] upon competences and ... Read More »
Lebanon’s coronavirus death toll reached 16 Thursday, as 15 new cases were announced by the Health Ministry. These new figures brought the total number of registered coronavirus cases in Lebanon to 494, according to the ministry. One of the patients to succumb to the coronavirus was the Philippines Ambassador to ... Read More »
The coronavirus pandemic is the worst global crisis since World War II, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday, expressing concern that it could trigger conflicts around the world. Guterres said that the scale of the crisis was due to “a disease that represents a threat to everybody in the world ... Read More »
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