The Ministry of Public Health announced on Wednesday 124 new coronavirus infections, which raised the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 3,104. 115 cases were locally detected and 9 among returnees. NNA

Private As the coronavirus cases record double and triple digits with an increase in untraceable cases, the Lebanese government is not ready to impose a full lockdown or to tighten restrictions yet. Lebanon’s public health minister Dr. Hamad Hassan said Tuesday that the country which has so far managed to ...

  After almost five days of sometimes bitter negotiations in Brussels, European Union leaders finally agreed on a massive €750bn ($859bn) post-coronavirus recovery package. The summit began on Friday morning and saw more than 90 hours of talks, making it the longest summit since the meeting held in the French ...

Two studies offered new hope of a potential vaccine for the novel coronavirus on Monday, seven months after the disease was first identified in China and spread rapidly across the globe. The positive news came as alarm grows over fresh outbreaks of the disease that has killed more than 600,000 ...

The Ministry of Health announced on Monday that 46 new Coronavirus cases were registered in the country during the past 24 hours. The ministry added that the new cases were distributed as follows: 28 new cases among the residents and 18 new cases among the returnees. LBCI

Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Monday welcomed at her ministerial office World Bank advisor, Dr. Mounir Hamza, with whom she discussed the latest developments, as well as the important role of media and the modernization of public administrations. Minister Abdel Samad separately met with a delegation ...

Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Monday tweeted, “May the soul of Lebanon’s angel, Dr. Loai Ismail, rest in peace, who has met his fate after contracting the coronavirus from one of the patients. He [Dr. Ismail] devoted his time and life to help others in the ...

Private The UK’s foreign secretary Dominic Raab is expected to suspend the country’s extradition treaty with Hong Kong on Monday over China’s moves against the city-state. The extradition treaty means that, if someone in Hong Kong is suspected of a crime in the UK, then the British authorities can ask ...

British scientists analysing data from a widely-used COVID-19 symptom-tracking app have found there are six distinct types of the disease, each distinguished by a cluster of symptoms. A King’s College London team found that the six types also correlated with levels of severity of infection, and with the likelihood of ...

The Ministry of Health issued on Sunday its daily report on Coronavirus in which it said that 84 new infections were registered in the country. The ministry added that 65 cases were locally transmitted and 19 cases were recorded among the returnees. LBCI