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 »
The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 40,000 people worldwide with nearly three-quarters of the deaths in Europe, according to an AFP tally at 1620 GMT Tuesday using official figures. A total of 40,057 deaths have been recorded across the world, including 29,305 in Europe, with Italy registering 12,428, followed ... Read More »
The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has climbed by 727 to 13,155, the Civil Protection Agency said on Wednesday, a significantly smaller increase than seen on Tuesday and the lowest daily tally since March 26. However, the number of new cases rose more sharply than a ... Read More »
Global oil storage could reach maximum capacity within weeks, energy analysts have told CNBC, as the coronavirus crisis dramatically reduces consumption and some of the world’s most powerful crude producers start to ramp up their output. The coronavirus pandemic has meant countries have effectively had to shut down, with many ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, took to Twitter Wednesday to salute the newspapers that responded to her ministry’s campaign aimed to raise awareness on the novel coronavirus and the importance of the preventive measures. “Despite the general mobilization, there are still people who fail to comply,” she tweeted. “Sickness ... Read More »
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