The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency today signed a new agreement to strengthen and advance public health services for the millions of forcibly displaced people around the world. The agreement updates and expands an existing 1997 agreement between the two organizations. A key aim this ... Read More »
Lebanon’s success in controlling the spread of coronavirus could go “in vain” if the safety precautions continue to be neglected, “Lebanon is still in the circle of danger,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday. “Lebanon is in serious danger, neglecting the safety measures and failure to abide by the health and ... Read More »
The Cabinet held its periodic session at the Grand Serail, headed by Prime Minister, Dr. Hassan Diab, and discussed the items on the agenda. Attendees followed up on the use of Ghosta plant for sorting and treating household solid waste, while negotiations are undergoing with the owner company of the ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health issued on Thursday its daily report saying that 63 new Coronavirus cases were registered. This brings the total number of cases in Lebanon to 1024. The ministry noted that out of the 63 new cases, 36 were recorded among the residents and 27 among the Lebanese ... Read More »
Two studies in monkeys published on Wednesday offer some of the first scientific evidence that surviving COVID-19 may result in immunity from reinfection, a positive sign that vaccines under development may succeed, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. Although scientists have assumed that antibodies produced in response to the new coronavirus ... Read More »
Apple and Google on Wednesday released long-awaited smartphone technology to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus. The companies said 22 countries and several U.S. states are already planning to build voluntary phone apps using their software. It relies on Bluetooth wireless technology to detect ... Read More »
Seven new Covid-19 cases have been recorded within the last 24 hours in Lebanon, three of which detected among the freshly repatriated citizens, as indicated by the Ministry of Public Health in its daily report on Wednesday NNA Read More »
Fifty days of strict lockdowns followed by 30 days where measures are eased could be an effective strategy for reducing Covid-19 deaths while ensuring some level of economic protection, scientists claim. In an EU-backed study published on Wednesday, a cohort of researchers from nine countries simulated how various lockdown strategies ... Read More »
A recent study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health has found that particles of the coronavirus released by talking can remain in the air for 8 to 14 minutes, a warning sign that airborne transmission may be even more widespread than previously thought. While it’s been long accepted ... Read More »
Responses to coronavirus crisis cause sharpest drop in carbon output since records began Carbon dioxide emissions have fallen dramatically since lockdowns were imposed around the world due to the coronavirus crisis, research has shown. Daily emissions of the greenhouse gas plunged 17% by early April compared with 2019 levels, ... Read More »
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