The Ministry of Public Health announced 4,332 new cases of coronavirus infection, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 252,812. 64 deaths have been registered over the past 24 hours.
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Partial lockdown in Beijing as UK virus variant detected
1.6 million residents were banned from leaving Beijing on Wednesday as two Covid-19 cases linked to a new UK virus variant were found in the Chinese capital. China has lauded its response to the pandemic, which emerged in the central city of Wuhan just over a year ago but has been broadly brought to heel,...
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Phoenix company delivers 30 ventilators to Lebanese hospitals
Phoenix company on Wednesday announced in a press release that it had handed over 30 ventilators manufactured in Lebanon to a number of hospitals across the country, as per the instructions of outgoing MP Nehme Ephrem.
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GLC head ratchets up pressure on state to compensate for private industries, hospitals amid lockdown
General Labor Confederation head, Bechara Al-Asmar, on Wednesday stepped up calls on the Lebanese state to coordinate with the General Labor Confederation (GLC), economic bodies, and civil society to seek the best mechanism to compensate for private sector employees “who have been deprived of their monthly wages or have been receiving only a part of...
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There’s No Limit to the Cardiovascular Benefits of Exercise
Researchers say any exercise, no matter how vigorous or for how long, benefits your heart health. Experts recommend people get between 150 to 300 minutes of physical activity per week. They say exercising can be done in one long segment or broken up into several sections throughout the day. There’s good news for those who...
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Oil prices increase in Lebanon
An update on the latest rise in fuel prices in Lebanon, detailing new rates at the pump and the economic pressure they add to households and businesses.
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Disneyland Paris postpones re-opening to April
Disneyland Paris, Europe’s biggest tourist attraction, said Monday it now expects to reopen on April 2, seven weeks later than planned, because of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. Disneyland Paris said on Twitter it could not honour the original February 13 target date for reopening the theme park, and that even the April date could only...
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Ministry of Health: 4,359 new coronavirus cases, 61 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 4,359 new coronavirus infection cases, raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 260,315. 61 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours.
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COVID-19: One in eight had coronavirus in England by December last year, ONS survey estimates
At least one in eight people in England had had COVID-19 by December last year, new survey data estimates. The figures for private households come from the Office for National Statistics COVID-19 Infection Survey in partnership with the University of Oxford, University of Manchester, Public Health England and Wellcome Trust. They are based on the...
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Salameh dismisses allegations about financial transfers as mere fabrications
The Lebanese Central Bank’s press office on Tuesday quoted Governor Riad Salameh as he expressed “commitment to the Lebanese and international laws in force” and his will to “cooperate with all those who care about Lebanon, its financial situation, and banking sector.” Addressing the Lebanese public, Salameh also dismissed all the allegations that were being...