The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that it was looking into reports of some COVID-19 patients testing positive again after initially testing negative for the disease while being considered for discharge. South Korean officials on Friday reported 91 patients thought cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive ... Read More »
The app will use a Bluetooth technology to trace every phone a person comes in contact with, raising concerns over privacy Apple and Google announced on Friday an unprecedented collaboration to leverage smartphone technology to help trace and contain the spread of coronavirus. The collaboration will open up their ... Read More »
The US has suffered more confirmed coronavirus deaths than any other country and on Saturday was poised to soon reach 19,000 Covid-19 fatalities, new data indicated. By Saturday afternoon, Johns Hopkins University’s tally of US Covid-19fatalities was at 18,860. Italy followed with 18,849. The US was also the first country ... Read More »
Are state responses to the virus shifting the balance of power between China and the west? Andrà tutto bene, the Italians have taught us to think, but in truth, will everything be better the day after? It may seem premature, in the midst of what Emmanuel Macron has described as ... Read More »
An Indonesian volcano which triggered a deadly tsunami 16 months ago has erupted again, spewing a column of ash up to 15km into the sky. Scientists said Anak Krakatau, a volcanic island between Java and Sumatra, was continuously erupting until Saturday morning, making it the longest eruption there since its devastating collapse in 2018. ... Read More »
An Oxford professor has claimed that a vaccine for Covid-19 could be ready by autumn. Sarah Gilbert is a professor of vaccinology at the University of Oxford and leads a team of researchers in developing a vaccine for the coronavirus, which has so far infected more than 1.7 million worldwide. The ... Read More »
President Michel Aoun addressed the Lebanese on Easter Day on Saturday extending well-wishes to all “Lebanese in general, and Christians in particular,” the National News Agency reported. The President said: “No matter how long the time of pain lasts, yet resurrection remains the essence of our faith and the core ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health issued on Saturday its daily report on Coronavirus cases in Lebanon. In its report, the ministry said that 10 new cases were registered, bringing the total number of cases in Lebanon to 619. No deaths were reported among the Coronavirus patients. LBCI Read More »
The number of deaths linked to the novel coronavirus reached 100,000 on Friday, as the tally of cases passed 1.6 million, according to a Reuters tally. The first death came in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on Jan. 9. It took 83 days for the first 50,000 deaths to ... Read More »
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned countries on Friday to be cautious about lifting restrictions introduced to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. The WHO would like to see an easing, but at the same time “lifting restrictions could lead to a deadly resurgence,” Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ... Read More »
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