3125 new coronavirus cases and 59 deaths have been recorded in Lebanon during the past 24 hours, as indicated by the Ministry of Public Health on Friday.
Category: Coronavirus
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Ministry of Health: 3,497 new Coronavirus cases, 68 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 3,497 new Coronavirus infections, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 293,157. 68 Coronavirus-related deaths have been registered over the past 24 hours.
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Ministers of Health, Information launch national registration platform for coronavirus vaccination
Caretaker Minister of Public Health Hamad Hassan, and Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad, launched this Thursday the national platform for registration for the coronavirus vaccine, in a press conference held at the Ministry of Public Health. Hassan affirmed that the goal is to “deliver real information to the citizens, and we pray that they will...
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WHO team probing coronavirus origins in China’s Wuhan set to leave quarantine
A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan is preparing to leave hotel quarantine and begin on-the-ground fieldwork, two weeks after arriving in China. The visit, delayed by diplomatic tensions and concerns over access, marks a new phase in the long-awaited probe into how the virus first emerged, with experts cautioning that there are no guarantees of clear answers.
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Ministry of Health: 3906 new coronavirus cases, 76 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 3906 new coronavirus infection cases, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 289660. 76 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours.
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Diab chairs Inter-Ministerial Coronavirus Committee meeting to discuss vaccination plan
Caretaker Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, chaired at the Grand Serail, the meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Committee for the follow up of Coronavirus Vaccination Plan. The meeting was attended by Ministers Zeina Akar, Imad Hoballah, Michel Najjar, Ramzi Musharrafieh, Hamad Hassan, Talal Hawat, Vartine Ohanian, and Charbel Wehbe, in addition to Parliamentary Health Committee Head, MP...
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Diab chairs meeting for ministerial coronavirus committee
Caretaker Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, chaired Wednesday at the Grand Serail, a meeting for the Inter-ministerial Committee for the Follow up of the Coronavirus.
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Health Ministry: 3505 new coronavirus cases, 73 deaths
3505 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in Lebanon during the past 24 hours, raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 285745, and 73 deaths have been registered, as indicated by the Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday.
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Colombia defense minister dies from viral pneumonia linked to COVID-19: government
Colombia’s Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo has died from viral pneumonia related to COVID-19, the government said on Tuesday. Trujillo was reported infected with coronavirus earlier this month and was transferred to an intensive care unit. He died in the military hospital in Bogota aged 69. “The death of Carlos Holmes fills me with pain,”...
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UNESCO launches an online course in Arabic on “Journalism in a pandemic: Covering COVID-19 now and in the future”
A Massive Open Online Course “Journalism in a Pandemic: Covering COVID 19 Now and in the Future”, offered by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin is now available in Arabic in a self-directed format. The UNESCO Beirut office has translated the material of the course into...