Climate change may have played a “key role” in the transmission of the novel coronavirus to humans by driving several species of pathogen-carrying bats into closer contact, research showed on Friday. The virus, which has killed more than two million people and caused unprecedented global disruption, is thought to have ... Read More »
Britain’s Oxford University said on Friday its researchers behind the joint AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine had found it to be effective against the UK virus variant now dominant across the country. The university, which developed the jab with the British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm, said an ongoing assessment of its effectiveness showed that ... Read More »
Caretaker Information Minister, Manal Abdel Samad, said on Friday via her Twitter account that “the vaccine is our only weapon against Covid-19.” “Just like the medical vaccine boosts immunity against the coronavirus, alertness and media awareness are the vaccine that boosts immunity against the pandemic of false information,” Abdel Samad ... Read More »
British researchers are to explore mixing doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines in a world first trial aimed at finding new ways to swiftly reduce coronavirus infections as new mutated variants emerge. While thousands of individual changes have arisen as the virus mutates on replication and evolves into ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that 3107 new Coronavirus cases were recorded during the past 24 hours in Lebanon with 82 new deaths. LBCI Read More »
Caretaker Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, confirmed during the launch of the draft media plan for the coronavirus vaccine, that “it is necessary to reach 80% community coverage.” “There are citizen concerns scientifically related to the vaccine, and we must in this context limit false information because other concerns ... Read More »
Caretaker Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Wednesday addressed a letter to Caretaker Health Minister, Hamad Hassan, which includes lists of journalist syndicates who wish to receive the Covid-19 vaccine and whose number has reached 2,846 people. The Minister of Information will coordinate with the Minister of Health during ... Read More »
A preparatory meeting was held this Tuesday at the Ministry of Information, between caretaker Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, Health Minister Hamad Hassan, and head of the National Committee for Vaccination, Abdel-Rahman Al-Bizri. The meeting discussed the content of the draft media plan prepared by the Ministry of ... Read More »
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine appeared to lose only a small bit of effectiveness against an engineered virus with three key mutations from the new coronavirus variant found in South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by the U.S. drugmaker. The study by Pfizer and scientists from the ... Read More »
The first technical electronic seminar introducing the Right to Information Law was held between this Thursday by the Ministries of Information and Administrative Development, and the United Nations Development Program, with the participation of caretaker ministers Manal Abdel-Samad and Demianous Qattar. “This seminar is a prelude to others,” said ... Read More »
Lebanese Ministry of Information
