Chairman of the Middle East Airlines, Mohammad Hout, said Monday that scores of Lebanese stranded in Congo, Italy, Spain and Turkey will return to Lebanon tomorrow as several flights have been scheduled. “Tomorrow, there will be flights coming from Kinshasa, Madrid, Italy and also Istanbul,” Hout told a news conference. He indicated that the repatriation...
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Mercedes F1 engineers help make a breathing aid for coronavirus patients in less than 100 hours
Formula One engine manufacturer Mercedes has teamed up with clinicians and university engineers in London to design a breathing aid for coronavirus patients that can be quickly mass produced, a development that could help reduce the need for ventilators. The Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) device, which was re-engineered from an existing machine in fewer than 100...
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Lab-in-a-box test can detect COVID-19 in 5 minutes
The FDA has cleared the device for use during the pandemic. The FDA has scrambled to allow numerous COVID-19 tests in a bid to control the pandemic, but one of the latest may represent a big step forward in technology fighting the disease. Abbott has received emergency use authorization for a variant of its toaster-sized ID NOW lab-in-a-box that can provide...
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Three new species of flying dinosaurs discovered in Morocco
Apparently there were even more dinosaurs flying the fearsome skies. “Scientists have discovered three new species of flying reptiles that lived in the Sahara 100 [million] years ago,” according to the Guardian. The winged, fish-eating reptiles, called pterosaurs, inhabited prehistoric Morocco — back when the desert was an ocean. The discovery was made by David Martill, a...
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Apple launches a COVID-19 information tool for the US
Apple has launched a new screening tool for the US in partnership with CDC (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The tool, available both as a website and an iOS app, acts as an information center for people across the country. The tool also allows you to answer a bunch of questions to determine if you need...
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Novel coronavirus found in wastewater
The novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been detected in wastewater in the Netherlands, according to RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment research. A small percentage of patients with COVID-19 have the novel coronavirus in their gastrointestinal tract, and thus excrete it in their faeces. When their stool is flushed down the toilet, it ends up in...
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Apple’s Siri voice assistant now provides coronavirus advice
Pulling information from US health authorities Apple has updated Siri to provide information to people who are concerned they have COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, CNBC reports. Users can ask the voice assistant questions like “How do I know if I have coronavirus” or “Do I have coronavirus?” and it will offer advice based...
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