Caretaker Public Health Minister, Hamad Hassan, announced Sunday that “the current epidemiological indicators point to progress in the direction of regaining control over the societal outbreak of the Corona pandemic.” Speaking in an interview with “Al-Jadid TV” Channel, Hassan said: “The two criteria that assess the epidemiological status are the rates of weekly incidence and...
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The arrival of a twelfth shipment of Pfizer vaccine
The Ministry of Public Health announced this afternoon the arrival of the twelfth shipment of Pfizer vaccine to Lebanon, containing 29,250 vaccine doses. Thus, Lebanon has so far received 469,170 vaccines from Pfizer. The Ministry stated that details of the daily and cumulative numbers of those who have received the vaccine are published in its...
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Coronavirus Follow-up Committee suggests banning entry of travelers arriving directly from India, Brazil
The Coronavirus Follow-up Committee on Wednesday recommended banning travelers arriving directly from India and Brazil from entering Lebanon through Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, as well as through the country’s land and sea crossings “unless they had been in a third country for a period of at least 14 days.”
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Ministry of Information circulates video on ways to report COVID-19 vaccine side effects
The Ministry of Information on Tuesday distributed to various media outlets a video on ways to report side effects after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine. The video was produced in cooperation between the Ministries of Information and Public Health, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), as part of a series of awareness videos on coronavirus and...
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Hassan, Land Transport Union discuss need to accelerate vaccination of drivers
Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hamad Hassan, on Monday discussed with a delegation representing the Land Transport Union, headed by Bassam Tleis, the pressing need to accelerate the administration of Covid-19 vaccine to drivers, especially that buses, minivans, and public cars are among the most common means of spreading the Coronavirus infection . Separately,...
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Ministry of Health: 1,504 new infections, 33 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 1,504 new coronavirus infection cases, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 518104. 33 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours.
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EU backs AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine as reviews into blood clots continue
Europe’s drug regulator reiterated on Friday that benefits of AstraZeneca’s (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine outweigh any risks, as part of a detailed guidance from ongoing reviews into rare blood clots to help individual nations determine the shot’s use. The renewed backing comes after several countries in the European Union and worldwide have limited the use of the vaccine,...
EU will have vaccine doses for 70 percent of adults ‘by mid-July’
The EU will have enough Covid-19 vaccine doses to cover 70 percent of its adult population by mid-July due to higher production within the bloc, a senior official said on Tuesday. Fifty-three factories are producing vaccines in the EU. Our continent is now the largest producer in the world after the United States,” internal markets...
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British regulator says AstraZeneca COVID shot clots rise to 168
Britain’s medicines regulator on Thursday said there had been 168 major blood clots following a dose of AstraZeneca’s (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine, a rate of 7.9 clots per million doses, a jump in incidence from the previous week’s figure. This was up from the 100 cases reported last week, when the overall case incidence was 4.9...
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Araji: Lebanon currently enjoys 40% herd immunity against Covid-19
Parliamentary Health Committee Head, MP Assem Araji, on Thursday told “The Voice of All Lebanon” radio station that Lebanon currently enjoyed 40% herd immunity against the Coronavirus as a result of recorded infections, in addition to the number of vaccinated individuals to date. “Accelerating the pace of vaccination within the next two months may raise...