Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, deemed Sunday that “keeping pace with the measures taken at the airport, and before that in the country of departure, showed great discipline and organization.” Speaking from Beirut Airport this morning, where the concerned cabinet ministers joined the Prime Minister in an ... Read More »
The Middle East Airlines Company announced, in a statement on Saturday, that “at the request of the Lebanese government, the Airline will operate flights to Paris, Madrid and Kinshasa, on Tuesday, April 7, 2020,” adding that “the times of these flights will be declared upon obtaining the necessary permissions from ... Read More »
Lebanon registered 12 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday raising the tally to 520 infected, the Health Ministry said in its daily report on the virus. The Ministry said it tested 550 individuals for coronavirus in the previous 24 hours. No deaths were reported Saturday leaving the total number at ... Read More »
Britain is unlikely to lift its stringent lockdown rules until the end of May, once the spread of the coronavirus has started to slow, a leading government adviser said on Saturday as the death toll rose to 4,313. The government has put Britain into a widespread shutdown, closing pubs, restaurants ... Read More »
The death toll from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 681 to 15,362, a somewhat lower rise than those seen in recent days, while the number of patients in intensive care fell for the first time, the Civil Protection Agency said on Saturday. The total number of confirmed cases ... Read More »
Countries across the world continue to ramp up efforts to fight Covid-19, which has infected more than 1.1 million people and killed around 60,450, a majority of them in Europe. Here are the latest updates for April 4: Coronavirus global toll crosses 60,000 The coronavirus pandemic has killed over 60,000 ... Read More »
A total 809 people died in last 24 hours – but figure suggests contagion may have peaked Spain’s daily coronavirus death toll has fallen for the second day running, figures released on Saturday show. A total 809 people who tested positive for Covid-19 died over the past 24 hours, down from ... Read More »
‘We view this as an act of modern piracy. Such wild west methods can’t dominate, even in a global crisis,’ Berlin’s interior minister says Germany and France have accused the US of taking face masks already ordered by Europe as the coronavirus pandemic continued to cause rising international tensions. Politicians ... Read More »
China held a three-minute national moment of reflection on Saturday morning to honour those killed by the coronavirus outbreak, as the global number of cases passed the one million mark with the international death toll surpassing 58,000. Citizens stood apart from one another with heads bowed at 10am local time as flags flew at half-mast and air raid sirens sounded ... Read More »
A spike in novel coronavirus infections and deaths in Stockholm has raised questions about Sweden’s decision to fight the outbreak without resorting to the lockdowns that have left much of Europe at a standstill. Governments across Europe have closed schools and taken draconian measures to limit exposure to possible carriers ... Read More »
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