-Interior Minister Mohamed Fahmy, issued a circular on Sunday, announcing the amendment of the curfew in Lebanon from eight o’clock in the evening instead of seven, as a measure taken by the Ministry of Interior to combat the spread of the coronavirus. The minister also adjusted the timing of opening ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health announced on Sunday that 1 new Coronavirus case was registered in Lebanon, bringing the total number of cases to 673 in Lebanon. The ministry added that no death among Coronavirus patients were reported, leaving the death toll at 21. This as 704 tests were conducted during ... Read More »
Staff with no masks or sanitiser fear for residents as hundreds die in care homes It was just a few days after the ban on visits to his mother’s nursing home in the Swedish city of Uppsala, on 3 April, that Magnus Bondesson started to get worried. “They [the home] ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, expressed her wishes on Sunday to those celebrating Easter, stressing that the belief in Lebanon will not change. “The Easter celebration differs this year because of the social distancing imposed by the novel coronavirus,” she said, noting that hope for change and ... Read More »
Public Health Minister, Hamad Hassan, disclosed Saturday that the test results are good today, noting that out of 1050 examinations conducted, only 5 came out positive. “We are proceeding according to the plan that was very carefully developed, provided that there is no excessive optimism, because we are committed to ... Read More »
Donald Trump has doubled down on his tweets calling for supporters to “liberate” three Democrat-led states under lockdown measures intended to slow the spread of coronavirus. During a wild and at times incoherent press conference performance on Friday, the US president spouted a series of mistruths and false claims, including his ... Read More »
Reported cases of the coronavirus have crossed 2.26 million globally and 154,613 people have died, according to a Reuters tally as of 1400 GMT on Saturday. AMERICAS *As some U.S. states look to start reopening their coronavirus-battered economies amid protests from supporters of President Donald Trump anxious to get back ... Read More »
Iran allowed some businesses in the capital Tehran to re-open on Saturday as the country’s daily death toll from the new coronavirus fell to 73, its lowest in more than a month. So-called low-risk businesses – including many shops, factories and workshops – resumed operations in Tehran, a week after ... Read More »
The Rafic Hariri University Hospital’s daily report on the latest developments regarding the Covid-19 epidemic, reflected Saturday promising news at various levels, the first of which being the results of 160 laboratory examinations which turned out to be negative, in addition to 5 recoveries, thus bringing the total number of ... Read More »
The Ministry of Public Health announced in its daily report on Saturday that 672 cases of coronavirus infections have thus far been detected, with 4 new cases reported this Saturday, April 18, 2020. Read More »
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