LBCI sources reported that two patients infected with coronavirus (COVID-19) have just fully recovered in Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut. The two recovered coronavirus patients in Lebanon would now be added to the first recovered patient five days ago, making a total of 3 recovered cases, and 3 (COVID-19) ... Read More »
Traffic Thin, Streets Almost Empty as Lebanon Goes on Virus Lockdown
Lebanon went into lockdown Monday after the government announced a two-week state of “general mobilization” and ordered the closure of public and private institutions as well as the country’s airport and land and sea ports of entry. Traffic was thin across the country and in some cases streets were completely ... Read More »
Pompeo to Iraq PM: U.S. will take action in self-defense if attacked
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Iraq’s prime minister that the United States would take measures in self-defense if attacked, according to a statement on Monday after a rocket attack on an Iraqi base that houses U.S. troops helping fight Islamic State. Pompeo spoke to Prime Minister Adel Abdul ... Read More »
Coronavirus fears shut bars, borders; WHO urges world to ‘test, test, test’
Bars, restaurants, cinemas and schools were shutting down from New York and Los Angeles to Paris and Dubai in a worldwide effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic, as financial markets tumbled despite emergency action by global central banks. Germans were asked to cancel all vacations as Canada and other countries ... Read More »
Greece hopes EU-Turkey talks will ease tension over refugee crisis
Greek PM tells the Guardian planned talks including Merkel, Macron and Erdoğan are an opportunity to ‘set the record straight’ Greece is hoping critical talks between the EU and Ankara will help ease the border crisis that has weighed heavily on the country since Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, declared ... Read More »
11 Gov’t Hospitals Across Lebanon Will Now Be Able to Treat Coronavirus Patients
The Coronavirus that has infected 66 people and killed 3 so far in Lebanon has caused widespread panic across the nation because there are few hospitals that are well-equipped enough to treat patients with the virus and the Rafiq Al-Hariri Hospital suffers from outdated equipment and unpaid employees. This announcement, ... Read More »
Breaking: 7 New Coronavirus Cases in Lebanon, Total of 73
Rafik Hariri University Hospital just confirmed 7 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in its daily coronavirus report. This brings the total number of cases in Lebanon to 73, while that of coronavirus-related deaths remains 3. Hariri Hospital said that, during the past 24 hours, 158 patients were received by its specialized ... Read More »
Coronavirus: many infections spread by people yet to show symptoms – scientists
Findings mean that isolating people once they start to feel ill is less effective than hoped Many coronavirus infections may be spread by people who have recently caught the virus and have not yet begun to show symptoms, scientists have found. An analysis of infections in Singapore and Tianjin ... Read More »
Climate emergency: global action is ‘way off track’ says UN head
Deadly heatwaves, floods and rising hunger far greater threat to world than coronavirus, scientists say The world is “way off track” in dealing with the climate emergency and time is fast running out, the UN secretary general has said. António Guterres sounded the alarm at the launch of the UN’s ... Read More »
Coronavirus: France to close all schools and universities, Macron says
France will close all schools and universities in the country in response to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, President Emmanuel Macron has announced. Speaking in a televised address on Thursday evening, Macron said the measures would be implemented from Monday following a spike in confirmed cases of the deadly virus. “It is one of the most ... Read More »