The media office of the caretaker Minister of Public Health announced in a statement, that “Minister Hamad Hassan signed this morning the final contract with the Pfizer Company to secure more than two million and one hundred thousand vaccines that will arrive gradually starting from the beginning of February. “This contract is in addition to...
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Hassan announces Berri’s initiative to transfer field hospital from Tyre to Beirut, confirms the start of the distribution of respiratory and oxygenating devices
The Media Office of the Caretaker Minister of Health confirmed in a statement issued today, that “the Ministry is continuing its efforts to deal with the epidemic despite all the economic, financial and social circumstances.” The statement pointed out that the Health Ministry received 18 respirators for the intensive care unit at dawn on Sunday,...
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Official Gazette features new law on regulating use of medicinal products to combat COVID-19
The General Directorate of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers issued in the evening a special number of the Official Gazette featuring the law regulating the emerging use of medical products to fight the coronavirus pandemic, which was issued today. — Caretaker PM Diab’s Press Office
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Health Ministry: Portable ventilators placed at Beirut’s Sports City do not serve patients with severe conditions
Public Health Ministry Press Office issued a clarifying statement this evening, in wake of the circulated news regarding the donated ventilators currently placed at Beirut’s Sports City, whereby it indicated that these devices are portable ventilators that are used when transporting patients from one place to another for a limited period of time not exceeding...
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Judicial decree obliges Lebanese State to hand over two ventilators to Corona patients from the donation kept at Beirut’s Sports City
Judge of Urgent Matters in Nabatiyeh, Ahmad Mezher, issued an expedited decree on Saturday, obliging the Lebanese State’s Ministry of Public Health to hand over two ventilators to two patients in dire medical need, from the donation of ventilators currently kept at the Beirut’s Sports City, under penalty of a compulsory fine of 20 million Lebanese pounds for each day of delay. This decree...
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‘Medical Gathering’ welcomes new law on importing multiple-source vaccine
Head of the “Social Medical Gathering”, Professor Raef Rida, on Saturday, welcomed “the multi-source vaccine import law,” considering that “even though its endorsement came late, yet its better late than never!” Rida revealed that he was in favor of the Chinese vaccine, “because China is the source of the epidemic,” wondering whether “the Lebanese state...
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Greece starts COVID19 vaccinations among the elderly
Greece kicked off COVID-19 vaccinations among the elderly on Saturday, after first inoculating tens of thousands of frontline workers to fight the spread of the coronavirus. More than 75,000 healthcare workers and nursing home residents and carers have received the shot of the vaccine produced by Pfizer/BioNTech since Greece rolled out the plan along with...
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China says recent mainland COVID19 outbreak caused by imported case state media
Clusters of cases in China’s COVID-19 outbreak in its northern provinces such as Hebei, Liaoning and Heilongjiang, as well as the capital Beijing since December have been caused by cases from overseas, state media reported on Saturday. Broadcaster CCTV cited National Health Commission Minister Ma Xiaowei as making the remarks at a government meeting. —...
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3235 active Covid-19 cases in Baalbek-Hermel: Governor
Baalbek Governor, Bashir Khodor, on Friday said that the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases in Baalbek-Hermel has reached 12,962 since February 2020. The number of recoveries has increased in comparison to previous weeks, reaching 9536 cases. Meanwhile, there are currently 3235 active cases, and the death toll has reached 301 to date, according to Khodor.
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Germany’s COVID-19 Cases Cross 2 Million
Germany has confirmed 22,368 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, with the total count reaching 2,000,958, the Robert Koch Institute said on Friday. The death toll has grown by 1,113 to 44,994 people within the same period of time. More than 1.64 million patients have recovered from the disease. The World Health Organisation...