Caretaker Information Minister, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, stressed that “receiving the vaccine is more secure than the risk of infection.” Speaking at the airport, she assured media personnel that their turn will be in the first phase of receiving the vaccine, for they work as “unknown soldiers and in the front lines.”
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Health Minister from Beirut Airport: The vaccine will reach every citizen without political or sectarian considerations
Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Hamad Hassan, expressed his “great satisfaction for the arrival of the Pfizer vaccine in Beirut, a year after the first Coronavirus infection appeared in Lebanon.” Speaking from Beirut airport, he said: “The government was able, despite all the challenges, and with the support of the President of the Republic, the...
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Lebanon to receive first COVID-19 vaccine doses today
Lebanon is expected to receive this afternoon about 28,500 of the Pfizer vaccine doses, in a move by the Lebanese government to curb the Corona outbreak. In this context, the Ministry of Public Health announced Saturday afternoon that the first doses of Pfizer vaccines will arrive at Beirut International Airport at 4:30 p.m., coming from...
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Virus expected to last longterm despite global vaccine rollout
The head of the EU’s disease control agency warned Friday that the novel coronavirus could last indefinitely even as global infections slowed by nearly half in the last month and vaccine rollouts gathered pace in parts of the world. In an interview with AFP, ECDC chief Andrea Ammon urged European countries in particular not to...
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China refused to provide WHO team with raw data on early COVID cases, team member says
China refused to give raw data on early COVID-19 cases to a World Health Organization-led team probing the origins of the pandemic, one of the team’s investigators said, potentially complicating efforts to understand how the outbreak began. The team had requested raw patient data on the 174 cases of COVID-19 that China had identified from...
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Russia reports 14,861 new COVID19 cases, 502 deaths in past 24 hours
Russia reported 14,861 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including 1,963 in Moscow, taking the national infection tally to 4,057,698 since the pandemic began. Authorities said 502 people had died in the last 24 hours, pushing the official death toll to 79,696. — Reuters
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Hassan meets with WB, IFRC officials over vaccination campaign transparency
Caretaker Minister of Health, Hamad Hassan, on Friday welcomed World Bank’s Regional Director of the Mashreq Department, Saroj Kumar Jha, the Regional Director of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Houssam Al-Sherkawi, and Lebanon’s office Director, Cristhian Cortez Cardoza. The meeting reportedly highlighted the paramount importance of having the IFRC independently observe the vaccination...
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Ministry of Health: 2934 new coronavirus cases, 49 deaths
2934 new coronavirus cases and 49 deaths have been recorded during the last 24 hours in Lebanon, as reported Friday by the Ministry of Public Health.
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Ministry of Health: 3136 new coronavirus cases, 63 deaths
3136 new coronavirus cases and 63 deaths have been recorded during the last 24 hours in Lebanon, as reported Thursday by the Ministry of Public Health.
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Ministry of Information publishes FAQs about anti-Coronavirus vaccination
In collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health, the Ministry of Information publishes on its website a list of Frequently Asked Questions about the anti-Coronavirus vaccine and answers provided by a specialized medical scientific committee formed by the MoPH, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the UNICEF. The list includes answers to 48 FAQs about...