Caretaker Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, held a meeting via Zoom with former MP Ghassan Mukhaibar, Director of Programs at Tele Liban, Hassan Shakour, and a work group from the UNDP, the Ministry of Information and Tele Liban, to discuss the plan for media advertisement developed by the Ministry ... Read More »
Ministry Of Information Warns Impersonators And Forgers Seeking To Break Lockdown Rules
The Ministry of Information on Tuesday warned those pretending to be journalists and forging documents in an attempt to move freely against lockdown measures, stressing that the law criminalizes impersonation and fraud. In its statement, the Ministry also thanked all journalists covering the confinement period, hailing their objectivity and ... Read More »
Abdel Samad Calls For Ending Polemic Over Government Formation
Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Thursday called for ceasing the polemic over the government formation, placing the right person in the right place, and allowing specialists to perform their duties. Minister Abdel Samad was speaking on Thursday in an interview with MTV Station, where ... Read More »
Health Ministry Confirms 1041 New Cases, 11 More Deaths
The Ministry of Health announced on Monday 1041 new Coronavirus cases in Lebanon and 11 new deaths during the past 24 hours. LBCI Read More »
Are There Any Other Earths? There May Be More Than 300 Million
A decade ago, a band of astronomers set out to investigate one of the oldest questions taunting philosophers, scientists, priests, astronomers, mystics and the rest of the human race: how many more Earths are out there, if any? How many far-flung planets exist that could harbour life as we know it? Are there any other ... Read More »
Ministers Of Information, Health Tackle Pandemic-Related Developments, Underscore Gravity Of Situation
Caretaker Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, announced in a joint press conference with caretaker Minister of Public Health, Hamad Hassan, that “the situation is dangerous and the death rate is on the rise. Medical staff has not been spared from the virus. Out of every 50 people in Lebanon, ... Read More »
Pfizer’s Coronavirus Vaccine Is More Than 90 Percent Effective In First Analysis, Company Reports
A front-runner coronavirus vaccine developed by drug giant Pfizer and German biotechnology firm BioNTech was more than 90 percent effective at protecting people compared with a placebo saline shot, according to an interim analysis by an independent data monitoring committee that met Sunday. The early look at the ongoing trial provides a decisive initial ... Read More »
The ‘other vaccine’: Why the Imperial jab offers a different kind of hope in the fight against Covid-19
Robin Shattock won’t say it himself – he is a man of modesty, after all – but more people should be paying attention to his vaccine. As the race for a Covid-19 jab intensifies, the team at Imperial College London has somewhat flown under the radar. Headlines have instead been dominated by the fast-moving ... Read More »
Health Ministry confirms 1139 new Coronavirus cases, 10 more deaths
The Ministry of Health announced on Monday that 1139 new coronavirus cases were registered in the country during the past 24 hours. The ministry added in its daily report that 10 new deaths were registered in the country, bringing the total number of deaths in Lebanon to 723. LBCI Read More »
Abdel Samad: Be Responsible, Corona Is Not A Lie!
Caretaker Information Minister, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, reminded citizens through “Twitter” of the need to abide by the COVID-19 preventive measures, saying: “Attention! Each one of us is exposed to a corona infection without symptoms. The infection can be normal, like 45,000 of cases in Lebanon, but it may ... Read More »