Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, announced in the wake of the cabinet session, that “the council of ministers has approved four immediate measures to combat corruption and restore [looted] money.” “Our session revolved around the financial plan. An extraordinary session will be held tomorrow for the purpose of finalizing ... Read More »
French researchers are preparing to launch a human trial to test whether nicotine can help the body to combat coronavirus. Scientists have hypothesised that the chemical, which is contained in cigarettes, could influence whether or not coronavirus molecules are able to attach themselves to receptors in the body. The trial ... Read More »
The global scramble for this vital item has exposed the harsh realities of international politics and the limits of the free market If Ovidiu Olea is astonished by the fact that he’s gone from being a finance guy to a mask mogul in four months, he shows no sign of ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that 7 new Coronavirus cases were registered in Lebanon, bringing the total number of cases to 717. The ministry also noted that the number of tests conducted during the past 24 hours reached 1499 for the residents and 13 for the returnees. In ... Read More »
When eventually the coronavirus crisis begins to recede and we return to an approximation of normality – no matter how socially distanced or how much handwashing it involves – we can expect some kind of international initiative to prevent, or at least limit, the spread of future lethal viruses. As ... Read More »
Global confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 3 million on Monday, as the United States neared 1 million cases, according to a Reuters tally. It comes as many countries are taking steps to ease lockdown measures that have brought the world to a standstill over the past eight weeks. [nL3N2CF2RN] The first ... Read More »
The coronavirus pandemic is “far from over” and is still disrupting normal health services, especially life-saving immunisation for children in the poorest countries, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. The U.N. agency is concerned about rising numbers of cases and deaths in Africa, Eastern Europe, ... Read More »
In its daily report on the latest developments of the novel Coronavirus, the Rafic Hariri University Hospital announced on Monday that out of 348 laboratory tests conducted today, no new Covid-19 cases have been recorded, as all the tests came out negative. It added that the total number of laboratory-confirmed ... Read More »
China has shut downs gyms and swimming pools in Beijing amid fears the country is vulnerable to a second wave of coronavirus. It comes just days after the communist regime quarantined a city of 10million people in its north west region near Russia and on Saturday China’s northwestern province of Shaanxi ... Read More »
Health Minister Hamad Hasan said Sunday that some foreign studies that have declared the end of the coronavirus pandemic in Lebanon are neither “accurate” nor “authoritative.” “Studies by some universities point to the end of the coronavirus pandemic in Lebanese. These are data studies that are neither accurate nor authoritative,” ... Read More »
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