UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency has provided 20 additional Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds and 122 hospital beds to hospitals across Lebanon to help alleviate the strain on the Lebanese healthcare system and help it cope with the sharp increase in COVID-19 cases in need of urgent medical care. The equipment was donated as part...
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Join up to speed up’: WHO urges Europe, pharma to collaborate on vaccines
WHO calls on European pharmaceutical companies and governments to work more closely together to accelerate COVID-19 vaccine production and distribution across the region.
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Covid: UK hotel quarantine to start on 15 February
UK residents returning from coronavirus hotspots abroad will have to quarantine in hotels from 15 February, the government has confirmed. Hotel owners will be asked to provide rooms for more than 1,000 new people every day, documents suggest. Passengers will have to stay in their rooms for 10 nights, with security guards accompanying if they...
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Ministry of Health: 3107 new coronavirus cases, 82 deaths
3107 new coronavirus cases and 82 deaths have been recorded during the past 24 hours in Lebanon, as announced by the Ministry of Public Health on Thursday.
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Iran receives its first batch of foreign coronavirus vaccine
Iran on Thursday received its first batch of foreign-made coronavirus vaccines as the country struggles to stem the worst outbreak of the pandemic in the Middle East. The shipment consists of 500,000 doses of Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines which arrived at Tehran’s Imam Khomeieni International Airport from Moscow, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. Also Iranian state TV quoted...
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MSF to wealthy countries: Don’t block and ruin the potential of a landmark waiver on monopolies during the pandemic
Ahead of the next round of talks at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to discuss a proposal by South Africa and India to waive monopolies on COVID-19 medical tools during the pandemic, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) called on the wealthy countries opposing the proposal not to block it and ruin its lifesaving potential...
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Abdel Samad launches draft media plan for vaccine: It is necessary to reach 80% community coverage
Caretaker Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, confirmed during the launch of the draft media plan for the coronavirus vaccine, that “it is necessary to reach 80% community coverage.” “There are citizen concerns scientifically related to the vaccine, and we must in this context limit false information because other concerns linked to state measures actually...
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World Cancer Day 4 February
This World Cancer Day, we recognize that our commitment to act will cause powerful progress in reducing the worldwide impact of cancer. So, these 4 February whoever you’re, your actions – big and little – will make lasting, positivechange. We need your commitment to making a cancer free world.
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Sony raises outlook amid home entertainment boom, but struggles to build more PS5s
Japan’s Sony Corp raised its full-year profit outlook by one-third, helped by pandemic-fuelled demand for games, movies and other content, but said it was struggling to build enough PlayStation 5 consoles amid a global shortage of semiconductors. The electronics and entertainment conglomerate said on Wednesday some customers may have to wait longer for their consoles...
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Katherine Heigl: My friend group makes me feel safe
Katherine Heigl’s friend cluster offers her a “sense of safety and comfort”. The ‘Firefly Lane’ star contains a shut cluster of friends she dearly calls her “Sacred Six”, and has discovered those within the cluster are the folks she will continuously figure to grant her a way of “self-love and self-worth”. She said: “I have...