The article reports on the arrival of a second ship carrying oxygen tank truckloads at Tripoli Port, boosting supplies for hospitals treating COVID-19 and other critical patients in Lebanon.
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Hariri Hospital: 53 critical cases, one death
Rafic Hariri University Hospital announced, in its daily report on the latest developments of the emerging “COVID-19” Coronavirus, that it has 53 critical cases currently receiving follow-up treatment and one death registered during the past 24 hours. The report outlined the following: – Number of examinations conducted in the hospital’s laboratories during the past 24...
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Health Minister’s Press Office corrects what was reported in his interview with LBC regarding the Russian, Chinese vaccines
Caretaker Public Health Minister, Hamad Hassan’s Press Office clarified in an issued statement this afternoon, that “the Ministry of Health has given permission for the emergency use of the Russian and Chinese vaccines after reviewing their scientific dossiers, with the aim of purchasing them under a direct contract with the manufacturing or producing company, funded...
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Firas Abiad: AstraZeneca vaccine will be offered on Monday in several centers, including our hospital
“On Monday, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health will start giving the AstraZeneca vaccine to people between the ages of 55 and 65 in several centers, including Rafic Hariri University Hospital,” tweeted RHUH Director, Dr. Firas Abiad, today. He added: “In Lebanon, more than 120 patients in this age group have died due to Corona...
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Abdel Samad: Delay in vaccinating media professionals due to delay in the arrival of required vaccine quantity
Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, explained in a brief interview broadcast during Tele Liban’s news bulletin on Friday that the delay in vaccinating media professionals was not due to a change in priorities, but rather due to the delay in the arrival of the required quantities of vaccines, let alone the...
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Wazni signs decree to cover the purchase of 1.5 million doses of Astrazeneca vaccine
Caretaker Finance Minister, Ghazi Wazni, signed today a decree to transfer an appropriation from the general budget reserve to the budget of the Ministry of Public Health, to cover the cost of purchasing one and a half million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, whereby the first shipment of this quantity will arrive during the first week...
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Germany extends liquidity aid for pandemic companies until yearend
Germany has extended its liquidity aid program for pandemic-hit companies until the end of this year, the finance and economy ministries said on Thursday as Europe’s largest economy is struggling to contain a third wave of coronavirus infections. The government also decided to lift the upper limit for loans in the emergency program to a...
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Belarus starts mass production of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine ministry
Belarus’ health ministry said on Thursday the country had started mass producing Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine and planned to produce up to 500,000 doses of the shot per month. – Reuters
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The first batch of AstraZeneca vaccine arrives in Beirut
The National News Agency correspondent at Rafic Hariri International Airport stated that the first batch of AstraZeneca vaccine had arrived in Beirut.
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Merkel calls crisis meeting Wednesday over virus measures
Chancellor Angela Merkel has summoned the leaders of Germany’s 16 states to an unexpected crisis meeting on Wednesday amid a backlash over pandemic measures, the chief of her CDU party said. “The chancellor has invited the (regional leaders) at short notice for 11 o’clock today and I think that we will talk very critically there...