Coronavirus transmission is not black and white — some activities are riskier than others, while some should cause little worry. As states start to reopen parts of their economies and people tire of an all-out quarantine, the risk level of various activities should be considered to make decisions about what’s ...

Minister of Public Health, Hamad Hassan, chaired this Friday a meeting of the Supreme Health Council, devoted to assessing the previous stage and preparing for the next in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.   At the end of the meeting, Minister Hassan underscored “the need to establish coordination between ...

Dirty air is well known to worsen the heart and lung risk factors for Covid-19 – early research is cause for concern In many respects, it makes perfect sense. Patients with severe Covid-19 are twice as likely to have had pre-existing respiratory diseases and three times as likely to have ...

Adding to growing evidence that the coronavirus can spread through the air, scientists have identified genetic markers of the virus in airborne droplets, many with diameters smaller than one-ten-thousandth of an inch. That had been previously demonstrated in laboratory experiments, but now Chinese scientists studying real-world conditions report that they captured ...

Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Thursday chaired a meeting dedicated to studying all necessary measures to launch the second phase of repatriation of Lebanese citizens. Attending the meeting were Ministers of Defense, Zeina Akar, Foreign Affairs Nassif Hitti, Public Works and Transport Michel Najjar, Interior Mohammad Fahmi, Information Manal Abdel ...

Prime Minister Hassan Diab chaired on Tuesday the meeting of the Ministerial Committee tasked with fighting corruption at the Grand Serail. Discussions tackled the draft laws related to the mechanism of recovery of stolen funds. They also highlighted the importance of requesting the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation ...

Latest study on nitrogen dioxide reinforces earlier research linking air pollutants and Covid-19 deaths   Regions of the world which have higher air pollution tended to experience more deaths from Covid-19, a new study has found. Geoscientist Yaron Ogen, from Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, examined data from satellites which ...

Speaker Nabih Berri has sent the government a clear message saying parliament “will not legislate fraud or the theft of depositors’ money and savings,” al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Tuesday. “This plan is not the finance minister’s plan and we do not agree to it at all,” the daily quoted Berri ...

Prime Minister Hassan Diab chaired on Tuesday at the Grand Serail the meeting of the follow-up Committee for social aid. The meeting included Minister of Social Affairs and Tourism Ramzi Musharrafieh, Major-General Elias Chamieh, and PM advisors Hussein Kaafarani and Roula Moussa. The Committee informed the PM about the main ...

President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, chaired a security ministerial meeting, today at the Presidential Palace, devoted to address the security situation in the country and evaluating the measures taken. The meeting was attended by Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Mrs. Zeina ...