Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, confirmed in the wake of the Cabinet session held this Tuesday at the Grand Serail that the “Lebanese [people’s] confidence in the State has been restored, and it must be strengthened.” She indicated that “the government is determined to protect the Lebanese, at home ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Tuesday presented a full declaration of her finances and possessions to the Constitutional Council. The declaration was received by Judge Tannous Mashlab. Read More »
Research to develop vaccines and treatments to fight the coronavirus has “accelerated at incredible speed,” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday. “The viral genome was mapped in early January and shared globally which enabled tests to be developed and vaccine research to start,” he said at a ... Read More »
In a reference to his repeated appeals for a ceasefire in conflicts around the world, to focus on the shared struggle to overcome the virus, the Secretary-General pointed out that violence is not confined to the battlefield, and that “for many women and girls, the threat looms largest where they ... Read More »
U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jan Kubis on Monday announced that the U.N. in Lebanon is preparing a COVID-19 funding appeal, to be issued this week, to support the national COVID-19 response. “The appeal is divided into four priority areas: 1. Supporting the preparedness and response capacity of the Lebanese ... Read More »
Nation’s death toll nears that of Italy and Spain as health officials warn Americans to continue social distancing The death toll in the United States from the global coronavirus pandemic officially passed 10,000 on Monday, according to the latest data, with more than 337,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases having been ... Read More »
Group of former diplomats and ministers says shifting rules on medical trade could save hundreds of thousands of lives A group of 24 senior diplomats and defence officials, including four former Nato secretary generals, have urged Donald Trump to save “potentially hundreds of thousands of lives” across the Middle East ... Read More »
Germany believes public life can gradually resume, while Spain and Italy see glimmers of hope Europe’s governments have begun to look ahead to the post-lockdown phase of their battle against Covid-19 as curves on the continent flatten, while the US braces for “peak death week” and Japan prepares to declare ... Read More »
14 new cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in Lebanon and one more death has been recorded, according to the Ministry of Public Health’s daily report on Monday. “Until 6/4/2020, the number of laboratory-confirmed [Covid-19] cases in the Rafik Hariri University Hospital, the accredited university hospitals and ... Read More »
New York state grateful for Chinese ventilators amid dwindling supplies as US president tells nation there will be ‘a lot of death’ Donald Trump has warned the US the worst is yet to come in the coronavirus crisis, as global cases of Covid-19 passed 1.2m and the governor of New ... Read More »
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