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 »
Report: Covid-19 patients recovering quickly after getting experimental drug remdesivir
Covid-19 patients who are getting an experimental drug called remdesivir have been recovering quickly, with most going home in days, STAT News reported Thursday after it obtained a video of a conversation about the trial. The patients taking part in a clinical trial of the drug have all had severe ... Read More »
Hassan From Zahle: Results Are Good Today, And We Are Proceeding According To The Plan Developed With Great Care So That Our Efforts Are Not Lost
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 »
Recovered coronavirus patients are testing positive again. Can you get reinfected?
In South Korea, health officials are trying to solve a mystery: why 163 people who recovered from coronavirus have retested positive, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). The same has been recorded in China, where some coronavirus patients tested positive after seeming to recover, although ... Read More »
WHO warning: No evidence that antibody tests can show coronavirus immunity
The World Health Organization issued a warning about coronavirus testing, saying there’s no evidence serological tests can show whether a person has immunity or is no longer at risk of becoming reinfected. “These antibody tests will be able to measure that level of serology presence, that level of antibodies, but ... Read More »
Coronavirus: Trump doubles down on call for supporters to ‘liberate’ Democratic states in lockdown
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 »
Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world
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 partially reopens capital as coronavirus deaths hit one-month low
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 »
Abdel Samad: Before We Defeat The Corona Epidemic, We Must Defeat The Division Of The Past
Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, sent out “a humanitarian emergency call” via her Twitter account this afternoon, saying: “When we are united in the face of hardship, things become easier…It is not a joke that you fall ill and you are refused admission into a hospital in your ... Read More »
Hassan: We Have Succeeded in overcoming ‘Dark Times’ By Adhering T0 Quarantine
“What I can confirm is that we have succeeded in overcoming ‘dark times’ by adhering to home quarantine,” Minister of Public Health, Hamad Hassan, announced Friday via his Twitter account. He added: “We still have three critical stages to implement a safe and highly accurate reverse plan, which includes a ... Read More »