Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hamad Hassan, has arrived at the Turkish Trauma and Burn Medical Center hospital in Sidon to inaugurate a second Covid-19 vaccination center in the city after that of Sidon’s Governmental Hospital.
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Top US pandemic expert lists 9 govt actions behind plummeting Covid cases in India
There has been a global puzzlement at how India has managed to dramatically lower the spread of Covid-19 cases and fatality rates over the last few months, with some experts calling it a “mystery”, but American scientist Yaneer Bar-Yam has said credit should go to the government for being able to identify and leverage its strengths...
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Paris criticizes the proposed alliance between Austria, Denmark, and Israel on vaccines
The French Foreign Ministry deplored on Wednesday evening the planned alliance of Denmark and Austria with Israel for the vaccine against the coronavirus. The heads of state of these two countries are due to meet with Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, in order to launch a partnership on the production and research of second-generation vaccines. France...
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Ministry of Health: 3463 new cases, 61 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 3463 new coronavirus infection cases, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 38,3482. 61 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours.
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Health Minister says Lebanon currently suspending usage of AstraZeneca vaccine
Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hamad Hassan, on Wednesday told the Voice of Lebanon Radio station that Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health was currently suspending the usage of the AstraZeneca vaccine pending the decision of the international health authorities. “The ministry does not take any hasty decisions that might endanger the citizens’ health,“ Hassan...
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Health Ministry grants SINOPHARM Emergency Use Authorization
The technical scientific committee set up by Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hamad Hassan, approved on Monday the registration of vaccines provided by the private sector, and consequently issued an Emergency Use Authorization EUA for the Chinese Coronavirus vaccine SINOPHARM. This came during a committee meeting chaired by Minister Hassan at the Ministry of...
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Biden welcomes green light for Johnson & Johnson vaccine
US President Joe Biden welcomed the approval to use a third vaccine against Corona in the United States, which is the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, while stressing the need for continued caution at a time when the pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 500,000 people in the country, according to “France Press”. Biden...
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Ministry of Public Health issues clarification statement regarding vaccination program
The media office of the Ministry of Public Health confirmed in a statement, that “the ministry did not offer, during the past few days, any spiritual, political or union, any program for an exceptional vaccination campaign, in contrast to what some media outlets stated.” The statement emphasized that matters related to vaccination depend on the...
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Health Ministry publishes a list of private companies that have obtained permission to negotiate with vaccine companies
The Public Health Ministry’s media office, Saturday, denied the recently circulated news about Moderna’s refusal to deliver its product to Lebanon, explaining that the company had earlier informed the Lebanese side of its inability to conclude any agreement this year due to its prior association with marketing its product in five countries, while noting that...
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Bizri to Radio Lebanon: Vaccination process continues as planned, Health Ministry facilitates import of vaccines
Head of the Corona Vaccine National Committee, Dr. Abdel-Rahman al-Bizri, assured citizens that the course of vaccination continues as planned, with an emphasis on absolute transparency and fairness and respect for the approved priorities without any arbitrary exceptions. Speaking in an interview with “Radio Lebanon” this morning, Bizri explained that registering on the Ministry of...