A fire killed four people at a COVID-19 hospital in Romanian capital Bucharest early on Friday and 102 other patients have been evacuated, officials said. The fire, which has since been extinguished, broke out at around 0300 GMT in one of the buildings of the Matei Bals hospital in capital Bucharest.—Reuters
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Disease specialist tells NNA which groups can receive Covid-19 vaccine
Bacterial diseases specialist at Rafik Hariri Hospital, Dr. Asima Dabouni, on Thursday confirmed to the National News Agency that the rumors that have been circulating on social media about the groups that should steer clear from the Coronavirus vaccine were untrue, let alone not scientifically based. To the contrary, she emphasized that people who suffered...
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Health Minister launches new agreement with WB to increase intensive care beds in government hospitals
Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hamad Hassan, on Thursday launched a new phase of the plan agreement between the World Bank and the Ministry of Public Health to equip government hospitals with extra intensive care beds. The plan includes 117 intensive care beds for Coronavirus patients, provided that 22 intensive care beds will be...
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Pfizer vaccine only slightly less effective against key South African mutations – study
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine appeared to lose only a small bit of effectiveness against an engineered virus with three key mutations from the new coronavirus variant found in South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by the U.S. drugmaker. The study by Pfizer and scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch...
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Confusion over AstraZeneca-EU talks on vaccine delay
Confusion erupted on Wednesday over a scheduled meeting between AstraZeneca and the EU to discuss the pharmaceutical group’s delay in delivering its Covid-19 vaccine. An EU official told AFP that AstraZeneca had abruptly pulled out of the meeting — the third called for this week — in what was seen as an escalation in the...
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German government considering drastic flight reductions to contain COVID: Bild
The German government is discussing reducing to almost zero the number of flights into Germany in a bid to prevent more virulent mutant variants of the Coronavirus finding a foothold in Germany, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told Bild newspaper.– Reuters
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Health Minister, UNRWA discuss Lebanon’s vaccination plan for Palestinians refugees
Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hamad Hassan, on Monday evening met with an “UNRWA” delegation headed by UNRWA Director in Lebanon, Claudio Cordone, in the presence of World Health Organization representative in Lebanon, Iman Al-Shankiti, and head of the National Committee for the Management of the Vaccination dossier, Dr. Abdel-Rahman Al-Bizri. The meeting agreed...
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Covid condemns billions to poverty for a decade
The Covid-19 crisis is aggravating inequality, with the richest quickly getting richer while it will likely take years for the world’s poorest to recover, anti-poverty group Oxfam said Monday. In a report entitled “The inequality virus”, the group warned that the pandemic is the first time since records began that inequality is rising in virtually...
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Paris says Biden, Macron in agreement on COVID-19, climate change
French President Emmanuel Macron and new US President Joe Biden are in agreement on climate change and how to fight coronavirus, the Elysee palace said on Sunday. The two leaders spoke for the first time since Biden’s inauguration in a telephone call Sunday and also discussed “their willingness to act together for peace in the...
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Health Minister, UNRWA discuss plan to vaccinate Palestinians
Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hamad Hassan, on Monday met with an “UNRWA” delegation headed by UNRWA Director in Lebanon, Claudio Cordone, in the presence of World Health Organization representative in Lebanon, Iman Al-Shankiti, and head of the National Committee for the Management of the Vaccination dossier, Dr. Abdel-Rahman Al-Bizri. The meeting agreed on...