Oil prices moved higher on Wednesday after data showed a smaller-than-expected build in inventory, but gains were limited as demand concerns exacerbated by a possible second wave of coronavirus infections as countries ease lockdowns continued to weigh. West Texas Intermediate crude gained 18 cents, or 0.7%, to trade at $25.96 per ...

Health officials and scientists across the world are racing to develop vaccines and discover effective treatments against the coronavirus, which has infected more than 4.2 million people worldwide in as little as four months, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. There are no proven, knockout treatments against the ...

The United Nations Development Programme and the Disaster Risk Management Unit at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in partnership with the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities, the Ministry of Public Health, the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the Lebanese Red Cross launched a three-pillar national campaign on Wednesday. ...

The staff of State-run TV “Tele Liban” underwent PCR examination this Wednesday, at the initiative of Minister of Information Manal Abdel Samad, in coordination with the ministries of Public Health and Social Affairs. NNA

Eight new Covid-19 cases have been recorded within the last 24 hours in Lebanon, three of which detected among those who had freshly returned to the country, as indicated by the Ministry of Public Health in its daily report Wednesday.   To date, the nation’s coronavirus cases’ tally stands at ...

Prime Minister Hassan Diab’s wife, Nawar Mawlawi Diab, on Wednesday visited “Radio Lebanon”, where she was welcomed by Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad Najd, Radio Lebanon, Director, Mohammad Gharib, and other radio Lebanon staff. Upon her arrival, Mrs. Diab toured the radio station’s studios, namely “Feyrouz” and “Halim Al-Roumi” ...

Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Wednesday welcomed at her ministerial office Prime Minister Hassan Diab’s wife, Dr. Nawar Al-Mawlawi Diab, in presence of the Ministry’s Director-General, Dr. Hassan Falha, Studies Director, khodor majed, National News Agency Director, Ziad Harfouche, and other senior ministry staff. The meeting broached ...

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that some treatments appear to be limiting the severity or length of the COVID-19 disease and that it was focusing on learning more about four or five of the most promising ones. The Geneva-based WHO is leading a global initiative to develop safe ...

At least eight candidates for a coronavirus vaccine are in the clinical development stage, and some could be ready as early as the “late fall”, Anthony Fauci, the US’ top infectious disease expert, has told senators. “The [National Institutes of Health] has been collaborating with a number of pharmaceutical companies at ...

In its daily report on the latest developments of the novel Coronavirus, the Rafic Hariri University Hospital announced on Tuesday that out of 271 laboratory tests conducted today, one new Covid-19 case has been recorded, while the remaining tests came out negative. It added that the total number of laboratory-confirmed ...