In its daily report on the latest developments of coronavirus, Rafic Hariri University Hospital announced that out of 266 laboratory tests conducted on Saturday, 3 new Coronavirus cases were registered while the remaining tests came out negative. The total number of laboratory-confirmed cases infected with the virus that are currently ... Read More »
The coronavirus can linger in patients’ eyes for several weeks and could act as a way of spreading the Covid-19 disease, according new study from Italy. Scientists at Italy’s National Institute for Infectious Diseases hospital in Rome studied the symptoms of an unnamed 65-year-old woman who developed the virus after ... Read More »
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that there was currently “no evidence” that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second coronavirus infection. In a scientific brief, the United Nations agency warned governments against issuing “immunity passports” or “risk-free certificates” to people ... Read More »
COVID-19 lockdowns have pounded international tourism, which is estimated to see a 45 percent decline this year according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). G20 tourism ministers pledged to ensure coordination as their countries ease lockdowns and travel restrictions, and to support the struggling industry’s recovery. “We ... Read More »
The vast illegal wildlife trade and humanity’s excessive intrusion into nature is to blame for the coronavirus pandemic, according to a leading US scientist who says “this is not nature’s revenge, we did it to ourselves”. Scientists are discovering two to four new viruses are created every year as a ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that 8 new Coronavirus cases were registered in Lebanon, bringing the total number of cases to 704. This as the ministry said that two new deaths were registered in the past 24 hours bringing the total number of deaths to 24. LBCI Read More »
Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 420 on Friday, the smallest daily tally since March 19, the Civil Protection Agency said, but the number of new infections rose to 3,021 from 2,646 on Thursday. Friday’s death toll was down from 464 the day before. The total of ... Read More »
More than 50,000 people in the US have died within less than four months of the onset of the coronavirus outbreak as a patchwork response to the pandemic struggled to combat the spread of the virus. At least 50,031 people in the US have died from Covid-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. ... Read More »
The COVID-19 outbreak has translated into a major education crisis. Nearly 190 countries have imposed school closures, affecting 1.5 billion children and young people, according to a UN report launched by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres last week. While many countries, including Lebanon, switched to distance teaching and learning to mitigate the ... Read More »
Lebanon’s government was advised to extend a coronavirus lockdown by two weeks until May 10 on Friday, but the country’s higher defense council said it should gradually restore certain parts of the economy in the coming weeks. Already hit by a financial crisis that has prompted a sovereign debt default ... Read More »
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