In its daily report on the latest developments of the novel Coronavirus, the Rafic Hariri University Hospital announced on Saturday that out of 230 laboratory tests conducted today, three new Covid-19 cases have been recorded, while the remaining tests came out negative. It added that the total number of laboratory-confirmed ... Read More »
Google and Facebook have told employees to prepare to work from home through the end of the year, according to recent reports. Facebook plans to open their offices by July 6 but will give employees the option to continue working from home at least until 2021, CNBC first reported, while ... Read More »
As TV networks start to run out of content to air and big advertiser draws like live sports are tabled, those companies are warning about severe advertising declines ahead. In recent days, companies including ABC and ESPN parent Disney, Fox Corp., AMC Networks, NBCUniversal parent Comcast, ViacomCBS and Discovery reported earnings that showed ... Read More »
‘Challenge’ studies would deliberately give coronavirus to healthy volunteers Controversial trials in which volunteers are intentionally infected with Covid-19 could accelerate vaccine development, according to the World Health Organization, which has released new guidance on how the approach could be ethically justified despite the potential dangers for participants. So-called challenge ... Read More »
The Covid-19 pandemic could “smoulder” in Africa for several years after killing as many as 190,000 people in the coming 12 months, the World Health Organization has said. The WHO warned last month that there could be 10m infections on the continent within six months, though experts said the pandemic’s ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health issued on Friday its daily report, saying that 12 new Coronavirus cases were registered in Lebanon. The ministry added that out of the 12 new cases, 7 were recorded among the residents and 6 among the returnees. The report also noted that one death was registered ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, said Friday that the government’s freshly-approved economic plan was neither sacred nor conclusive, adding that it can be adjusted if need be. “We can make changes when necessary, as per certain procedures,” Abdel Samad told Télé Liban channel. As to the state-run television’s appointments, ... Read More »
In its daily report on the latest developments of the novel Coronavirus, the Rafic Hariri University Hospital announced on Thursday that four new infected cases were reported out of 344 laboratory tests conducted today, while the remaining came out negative. It added that the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases infected ... Read More »
We can expect psychological difficulties to follow as we come out of lockdown. But we have an opportunity to remake our relationship with our bodies, and the social body we belong to When lockdown started, I was confused by bodies on television. Why weren’t they socially distancing? Didn’t they know ... Read More »
Another record rise in coronavirus infections has propelled Russia past Germany and France to the fifth highest tally in the world, as the Frenchgovernment confirmed the country would start gradually lifting its strict eight-week lockdown from Monday. With much of Europe now easing itself out of confinement, Russia has become ... Read More »
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