The global tourism industry has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, with $320bn (£244.5bn) lost in exports in the first five months of the year and more than 120 million jobs at risk, the chief of the UN has said. Secretary-general Antonio Guterres said in a policy briefing and video address on Tuesday that tourism is ... Read More »
Procedures for Arab and foreign journalists to obtain a press card in Lebanon
Pursuant to decree N0 10493 issued on July 2, 1968 (regulation of the profession of foreign press correspondents in Lebanon), the Ministry of Information would like to inform all the Lebanese, Arab, and foreign journalists, correspondents, and photographers accredited to Arab and foreign media outlets located in Lebanon that they ... Read More »
Coronavirus: Nearly Third of Symptomless People May Have Developed Immunity, Study Says
Covid-19 immunity levels in the public could be as high as 30 per cent, according to a new international study. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden found that people with mild or no symptoms had developed “T-cell” immunity — despite testing negative for antibodies that fight the novel disease. T-cells are a type ... Read More »
Virus has Multiple Pathways into Cells, Moderna Vaccine Clears Safety Hurdle in Mouse Study
The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Coronavirus has more than one gateway into cells Two teams of European researchers, working independently, have identified a new ... Read More »
Coronavirus: What are the long-term health implications of Covid-19?
Six months into the Covid-19 pandemic, and with more than 380,000 people dead, the picture we have of Sars-CoV-2 remains opaque and unclear. Thousands of papers and reports have flooded the academic sphere during this period, as scientists have rushed to understand the virus, which, according to the journal Science, ... Read More »
Ministry Of Health: 29 New Corona Infections, 1 Death Case
The Public Health Ministry indicated Sunday that 29 new coronavirus cases have been registered within the past 24 hours, thus bringing the cumulative number to-date to 1,220 infected cases. It added that one case of death was also registered during the last 24 hours. NNA Read More »
Abdel Samad Visits Derian On Occasion Of Eid Al-Fitr: Government Is Committed To Taif Accord
Mufti of the Republic, Sheikh Abdul-Latif Derian, received on Tuesday, in Dar al-Fatwa, Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd. After the meeting, Abdel Samad said: “Our visit to the Mufti came to thank him and thank all the clergy for their patriotic stances and their sober and moderate speech ... Read More »
What Do We Now Know about Covid-19 – and Can You Get It Twice
Can you catch the coronavirus a second time? That remains unclear. A key question is whether antibodies produced by the body following an infection with the coronavirus provide some level of immunity, and if so, for how long. But we do have some clues. “We know from ‘normal’ coronavirus studies ... Read More »
Countries must ease lockdowns slowly, be ready for virus to jump back: WHO
Countries must lift lockdowns gradually, while still being “on the look-out” for COVID-19 and ready to restore restrictions if the virus jumps back, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. Vulnerable people in institutions, including those in long-term care facilities, prisons and migrant dormitories, must be protected, its top ... Read More »
Abdel Samad: Cabinet Approved Four Immediate Measures To Combat Corruption, Restore Looted Funds
Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, announced in the wake of the cabinet session, that “the council of ministers has approved four immediate measures to combat corruption and restore [looted] money.” “Our session revolved around the financial plan. An extraordinary session will be held tomorrow for the purpose of finalizing ... Read More »