The northern town of Bsharri will be isolated as of Saturday morning in order to contain a coronavirus outbreak there, its mayor said on Friday. “Bsharri will be placed on lockdown as of 6:00 am tomorrow and exit and entry will be prohibited,” Bsharri municipal chief Freddy Kayrouz said. “500 ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, said via her Twitter account today: “In the time of Corona, the responsible media remains at a distance from the public official…Your health is important to us, for this epidemic is not a joke!” NNA Read More »
The Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that 7 new Coronavirus cases were registered in Lebanon, bringing the total number of cases to 582. The ministry also noted that no death among Coronavirus patients was reported. LBC International Read More »
Carly Fuglei was with a group of Danish friends in Beirut last month when she first considered moving back to the United States. They were preparing to leave Lebanon amid fears of a major coronavirus outbreak there, and tried to convince her to do the same. But the 28-year-old humanitarian ... Read More »
One January lunchtime in a car parts company, a worker turned to a colleague and asked to borrow the salt. As well as the saltshaker, in that instant, they shared the new coronavirus, scientists have since concluded. That their exchange was documented at all is the result of intense scrutiny, ... Read More »
The European Union faces an existential threat if it cannot come together to combat the coronavirus crisis, Italy said on Thursday as the divided bloc sought to salvage talks on a rescue package to aid battered economies. A deal has so far proved elusive amid fraught discussions between the more ... Read More »
The United Nations issued a statement on Thursday on its response to the novel COVID-19 outbreak in Lebanon. The statement said: In recent weeks, Lebanon had to adapt to new restrictions imposed by the government, in an effort to curtail the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in Lebanon. United Nations (UN) ... Read More »
Speaking in the wake of today’s Cabinet session at Baabda Presidential Palace, Information Minister Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, announced that the Cabinet has agreed to extend the “general mobilization” until April 26, ie for an additional two weeks. The Council of Ministers on Thursday convened in session at Baabda Presidential ... Read More »
Inadequate Government Response Creates Risk of Hunger for Many Millions of Lebanon’s residents are at risk of going hungry due to pandemic-related lockdown measures unless the government urgently puts in place a robust, coordinated plan to provide assistance, Human Rights Watch said today. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated an already ... Read More »
Public Health Minister, Dr. Hamad Hassan, pointed out that the crisis cell in Bcharre is a scientific, accurate and reliable group, considering that “finding positive cases does not call for worry but rather helps us detect the source of these infections and tracking them.” Minister Hassan conducted a tour in ... Read More »
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