At least 115,000 health and care workers have died from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, the WHO chief said Monday, calling for a dramatic scale-up of vaccination in all countries. At the opening of the World Health Organization’s main annual assembly, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hailed the sacrifices made by health workers around...
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‘We are at war’ against Covid, UN chief says
The world is “at war” against Covid-19, the UN chief said Monday, urging the international community to adopt a war logic to halt the pandemic. “We are at war with a virus. We need the logic and urgency of a war economy to boost the capacity of our weapons,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the...
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Vaccine firms pledge 3.5 Bn Covid Doses for poorer nations
Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson told a G20 health summit Friday they will supply around 3.5 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses at cost or discount to poorer nations this year and next. US pharma giant Pfizer will deliver two billion doses “over the next 18 months”, including one billion in 2021, chairman and chief executive...
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Ministry of Health: 394 new infections, 7 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 394 new coronavirus infection cases, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 537437 7 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours.
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Vaccines effective against variants but overseas travel still not safe: WHO
Progress against the coronavirus pandemic remains “fragile” and international travel should be avoided, the World Health Organization’s Europe director warned on Thursday, but stressed that authorized vaccines do work against variants of concern. “Right now, in the face of a continued threat and new uncertainty, we need to continue to exercise caution, and rethink or...
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Ministry of Health: 489 new infections, 10 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 489 new coronavirus infection cases, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 537043. 10 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours.
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Ministry of Health: 600 new infections, 10 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 600 new coronavirus infection cases, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 536554. 10 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours.
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Ministry of Health: 201 new infections, 11 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 201 new coronavirus infection cases, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 535954. 11 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours.
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The arrival of the fourteenth shipment of Pfizer vaccine
The Ministry of Public Health announced this morning the arrival of the fourteenth shipment of Pfizer vaccine to Lebanon, containing 46,800 vaccines. Lebanon has so far received 545,220 vaccines from Pfizer, the Ministry said. MoPH also reminded that the detailed number of those who have received the vaccine is published daily in its updated report on Coronavirus.
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Ministry of Health: 1012 new infections, 22 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 1012 new coronavirus infection cases, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 530217. 22 deaths have been registered over the past 24 hours.