The French Red Cross on Tuesday sent around a ton of medical aid to the Lebanese Red Cross aboard an evacuation plane carrying Lebanese expats from Paris, MTV said. The TV network said the French Red Cross made the initiative and collaborated with Lebanese Ambassador to France Rami Adwan and ... Read More »
U.S. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jan Kubis hailed on Tuesday the efforts of health workers in Lebanon and in the world for their “sacrifices” to stem the coronavirus pandemic. “On this WorldHeathDay we salute all Lebanese and international health workers that are in the frontlines of battle against coronavirus in ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, confirmed in the wake of the Cabinet session held this Tuesday at the Grand Serail that the “Lebanese [people’s] confidence in the State has been restored, and it must be strengthened.” She indicated that “the government is determined to protect the Lebanese, at home ... Read More »
Human trials will begin imminently – but even if they go well and a cure is found, there are many barriers before global immunisation is feasible Even at their most effective – and draconian – containment strategies have only slowed the spread of the respiratory disease Covid-19. With the World ... Read More »
Research to develop vaccines and treatments to fight the coronavirus has “accelerated at incredible speed,” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday. “The viral genome was mapped in early January and shared globally which enabled tests to be developed and vaccine research to start,” he said at a ... Read More »
In a reference to his repeated appeals for a ceasefire in conflicts around the world, to focus on the shared struggle to overcome the virus, the Secretary-General pointed out that violence is not confined to the battlefield, and that “for many women and girls, the threat looms largest where they ... Read More »
U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jan Kubis on Monday announced that the U.N. in Lebanon is preparing a COVID-19 funding appeal, to be issued this week, to support the national COVID-19 response. “The appeal is divided into four priority areas: 1. Supporting the preparedness and response capacity of the Lebanese ... Read More »
Nation’s death toll nears that of Italy and Spain as health officials warn Americans to continue social distancing The death toll in the United States from the global coronavirus pandemic officially passed 10,000 on Monday, according to the latest data, with more than 337,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases having been ... Read More »
Group of former diplomats and ministers says shifting rules on medical trade could save hundreds of thousands of lives A group of 24 senior diplomats and defence officials, including four former Nato secretary generals, have urged Donald Trump to save “potentially hundreds of thousands of lives” across the Middle East ... Read More »
Germany believes public life can gradually resume, while Spain and Italy see glimmers of hope Europe’s governments have begun to look ahead to the post-lockdown phase of their battle against Covid-19 as curves on the continent flatten, while the US braces for “peak death week” and Japan prepares to declare ... Read More »
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