The World Health Organization has acknowledged new evidence that the coronavirus spreads more widely in the air than it had previously suggested, as the Trump administration gave official notification of its withdrawal from the group. A day after a group of scientists said the global body was underplaying the risk of airborne transmission between ...

The Ministry of Health said on Tuesday that 14 new Coronavirus cases were registered in the country, bringing the total number of cases in Lebanon to 1306. LBCI

Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, took to Twitter on Tuesday to announce that she had signed the credits earmarked to the state-run Radio Lebanon. “Nobody can silence Radio Lebanon; and nobody can break it,” she tweeted. NNA

Private For more than a decade, the US and EU have accused each other of supporting their home aviation markets with research grants, tax breaks, and other aid. In March 2020, the dispute escalated with Washington imposing higher tariffs up to 15% on European airlines “Airbus” and airplane parts imported ...

Private According to the authors of a UN report, without proper action to protect wildlife, the number of “zoonotic” diseases which jump from animals to humans, will rise in coming years. Zoonotic diseases like Covid-19, Ebola, SARS, and West Nile virus are caused by the high demand for animal protein ...

  Lebanon’s main  coronavirus hospital has been forced to close operating rooms and delay surgeries amid lengthy power cuts caused by the country’s spiralling economic crisis. Dr Firass Abiad, director-general of the Rafic Hariri University Hospital told The Independent that Lebanon’s largest public healthcare facility was “barely making ends meet” ...

Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, met Monday at her ministry office with a delegation of the Arab Media Network in Tripoli, chaired by Imad Kilani. During the meeting, the delegation invited their host to visit Tripoli and Akkar. Also, Kilani criticized “the uncontrolled weapon threatening the region’s safety and ...

The Ministry of Health announced on Monday that 12 new Coronavirus cases were registered in the country. The ministry added that 11 infections were locally transmitted and only one case was registered among the returnees. This brings the total number of cases in Lebanon to 1292. NNA

Rafic Hariri University Hospital announced, on Sunday, in its daily report on the Covid-19 virus developments, that there are 15 patients infected with the Coronavirus currently receiving treatment inside the hospital, including one critical condition in its intensive care unit. The report indicated that 390 tests were conducted at the ...

Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hamad Hassan, and Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, at 7:00 pm on Friday paid an inspection visit to Rafic Hariri International Airport to follow up on the measures taken to ensure a safe return of travelers. In an address to the press, ...