The Media Office of the Caretaker Minister of Health confirmed in a statement issued today, that “the Ministry is continuing its efforts to deal with the epidemic despite all the economic, financial and social circumstances.” The statement pointed out that the Health Ministry received 18 respirators for the intensive care unit at dawn on Sunday,...
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Official Gazette features new law on regulating use of medicinal products to combat COVID-19
The General Directorate of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers issued in the evening a special number of the Official Gazette featuring the law regulating the emerging use of medical products to fight the coronavirus pandemic, which was issued today. — Caretaker PM Diab’s Press Office
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Health Ministry: Portable ventilators placed at Beirut’s Sports City do not serve patients with severe conditions
Public Health Ministry Press Office issued a clarifying statement this evening, in wake of the circulated news regarding the donated ventilators currently placed at Beirut’s Sports City, whereby it indicated that these devices are portable ventilators that are used when transporting patients from one place to another for a limited period of time not exceeding...
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Industry Ministry: Turkish and Israeli products with Lebanese slogans to deceive consumers abroad
The Ministry of Industry addressed a statement on Saturday to Lebanese and international media outlets, indicating that proven information has shown that Turkey and Israel and some other countries have resorted to deceiving consumers in foreign markets by adopting slogans and labels on food products that suggest they are of Lebanese origin. “This new-old infringement...
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Judicial decree obliges Lebanese State to hand over two ventilators to Corona patients from the donation kept at Beirut’s Sports City
Judge of Urgent Matters in Nabatiyeh, Ahmad Mezher, issued an expedited decree on Saturday, obliging the Lebanese State’s Ministry of Public Health to hand over two ventilators to two patients in dire medical need, from the donation of ventilators currently kept at the Beirut’s Sports City, under penalty of a compulsory fine of 20 million Lebanese pounds for each day of delay. This decree...
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Heath Ministry: 5872 new Corona cases, 41 deaths
The Public Health Ministry announced, on Saturday, that 5872 new Coronavirus cases have been reported, thus bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases to-date to 249,158. It also indicated that 41 deaths have also been reported during the past 24 hours.
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‘Medical Gathering’ welcomes new law on importing multiple-source vaccine
Head of the “Social Medical Gathering”, Professor Raef Rida, on Saturday, welcomed “the multi-source vaccine import law,” considering that “even though its endorsement came late, yet its better late than never!” Rida revealed that he was in favor of the Chinese vaccine, “because China is the source of the epidemic,” wondering whether “the Lebanese state...
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Jabal Amel Crisis Cell: We are working to secure oxygen bottles
The Crisis Management Cell in the Union of Municipalities of Jabal Amel convened today to discuss the developments of the Coronavirus outbreak, where it was agreed to “work in cooperation with the municipalities to secure blood oxygen measuring devices and oxygen bottles to help those infected and to contract with a doctor at the Union...
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NLP calls for using ‘Camille Chamoun Sports City’ stadiums as a field hospital
In an issued statement by the “National Liberal Party” on Saturday, it called on the Ministry of Public Health to use the stadiums of Camille Chamoun Sports City as a field hospital to save time, and also to make use of the two field hospitals provided by the State of Qatar where needed, away from...
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Greece starts COVID19 vaccinations among the elderly
Greece kicked off COVID-19 vaccinations among the elderly on Saturday, after first inoculating tens of thousands of frontline workers to fight the spread of the coronavirus. More than 75,000 healthcare workers and nursing home residents and carers have received the shot of the vaccine produced by Pfizer/BioNTech since Greece rolled out the plan along with...