COVID-19 lockdowns have pounded international tourism, which is estimated to see a 45 percent decline this year according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). G20 tourism ministers pledged to ensure coordination as their countries ease lockdowns and travel restrictions, and to support the struggling industry’s recovery. “We ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that 8 new Coronavirus cases were registered in Lebanon, bringing the total number of cases to 704. This as the ministry said that two new deaths were registered in the past 24 hours bringing the total number of deaths to 24. LBCI Read More »
Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 420 on Friday, the smallest daily tally since March 19, the Civil Protection Agency said, but the number of new infections rose to 3,021 from 2,646 on Thursday. Friday’s death toll was down from 464 the day before. The total of ... Read More »
More than 50,000 people in the US have died within less than four months of the onset of the coronavirus outbreak as a patchwork response to the pandemic struggled to combat the spread of the virus. At least 50,031 people in the US have died from Covid-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. ... Read More »
The COVID-19 outbreak has translated into a major education crisis. Nearly 190 countries have imposed school closures, affecting 1.5 billion children and young people, according to a UN report launched by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres last week. While many countries, including Lebanon, switched to distance teaching and learning to mitigate the ... Read More »
Lebanon’s government was advised to extend a coronavirus lockdown by two weeks until May 10 on Friday, but the country’s higher defense council said it should gradually restore certain parts of the economy in the coming weeks. Already hit by a financial crisis that has prompted a sovereign debt default ... Read More »
World leaders pledged on Friday to accelerate work on tests, drugs and vaccines against COVID-19 and to share them around the globe, but the United States did not take part in the launch of the World Health Organization (WHO) initiative. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and South ... Read More »
The Higher Defense Council on Friday recommended a five-phase plan to reopen the country and end the coronavirus lockdown. The first phase would begin on April 27, the second on May 4, the third on May 11, the fourth on May 25 and the fifth on June 8, the Council ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health announced on Friday that 8 new Coronavirus cases were registered in Lebanon, bringing the total number of cases to 696. This as the ministry said that 1127 tests were conducted during the past 24 hours, with no deaths reported among Coronavirus patients. LBCI Read More »
Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, tweeted this Friday: “We welcome Ramadan this year under difficult health, economic and social circumstances, and the timing coincides with the commemoration of the Armenian genocide which we condemn just as we condemn all crimes targeting civilians and innocent people. May this Holy month ... Read More »
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