The Senate approved its largest emergency aid package in modern history that will offer $2 trillion to help Americans, hospitals and businesses weather the effects of the coronavirus. The vote late Wednesday night was 96-0. The bill will now go to the House for approval before it’s sent to President ... Read More »
Speaker of the House, Nabih Berri, met this afternoon at Ain El-Teeneh Palace with Prime Minister Hassan Diab, with talks centering on the issue of Lebanese expatriates, especially those residing in the African continent and in European countries, and the need to ensure the safe return of those who wish ... Read More »
The Ministry of Public Health has confirmed that the new total of coronavirus cases in Lebanon is now 333. In its March 25th COVID-19 report, the ministry revealed the number of new coronavirus infections. The report said: “Until 25/03/2020, the total of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases at Rafik Hariri University Hospital, ... Read More »
Health Minister Hamad Hasan noted on Wednesday that home quarantine is inevitable in order to stop the spread of coronavirus, adding that the government could consider a lockdown extension. In a statement he made after the introduction of coronavirus PCR examination device to the Baalbek Governmental Hospital, he assured that ... Read More »
President Donald Trump’s predictions that victory is close in the coronavirus crisis are becoming increasingly impossible to square with the harrowing escalation of America’s battle against the pandemic. Trump on Tuesday spied “light at the end of the tunnel” and envisioned packed church pews at Easter as America breaks free ... Read More »
Spain records 738 deaths in past 24 hours, while death toll in Italy now double that of Hubei Spain’s coronavirus death toll has overtaken China’s, climbing to 3,434, while a slowdown in the rate of new infections in Italy has raised hopes that the peak of its outbreak could be ... Read More »
Restrictions on movement prevent food and medicine from reaching people in adversity, experts warn Stringent new international restrictions on movement introduced because of the coronavirus pandemic are threatening the lives of millions of people across the world already caught up in humanitarian emergencies. UN agencies, aid groups and international ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, said in the wake of the Cabinet session held this Tuesday at the Grand Serail, that Prime Minister Dr Hassan Diab has stressed that it is the duty of the state to help people and that social solidarity among the Lebanese is ... Read More »
World leaders deliver joint statement seeking to calm fears of global depression The world’s seven key western economies have sought to calm mounting fears of a global depression by pledging to do whatever it takes to get through the coronavirus pandemic, after early warning signs showed the steepest plunge in ... Read More »
Figures go against Trump talk of restarting economy, as other countries tighten controls The US could become the new centre of the global coronavirus pandemic, according to the World Health Organization, which said case numbers were rising quickly there even asDonald Trump talked of reopening the country for business. “We ... Read More »
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