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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Hassan files complaint against directors of several public hospitals over negligence
Caretaker Minister of Health Hamad Hassan’s press office on Tuesday said that the minister had lodged a complaint, with the General Prosecutor’s Office of Cassation, against the directors of several public hospitals “over their procrastination equipping Covid-19 departments, especially intensive care beds, despite the financial contributions that have been made available to them for more...
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Health Ministry: 3,144 new Covid-19 cases, 53 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced, on Monday that 3,144 new Coronavirus cases have been reported, thus raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to-date to 255,956. It also indicated that 53 deaths have been registered during the past 24 hours.
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Health Ministry: 3,654 new Coronavirus cases, 40 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced, on Sunday, the registration of 3,654 new Coronavirus infections, thus raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to-date to 252,812. It also indicated that 40 deaths were recorded during the past 24 hours.
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Italian doctor: No point in vaccinating the recovered
Rome – The Ministry of Health in Italy announced today that it recorded 475 deaths due to Coronavirus and 16,310 infected cases, compared to 477 deaths and 16,146 infections last Friday. Italy has recorded 81,800 deaths from the virus since its appearance last February, the second largest toll in Europe and the sixth in the...
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Hassan signs final contract with Pfizer and other upcoming agreements to secure additional vaccines
The media office of the caretaker Minister of Public Health announced in a statement, that “Minister Hamad Hassan signed this morning the final contract with the Pfizer Company to secure more than two million and one hundred thousand vaccines that will arrive gradually starting from the beginning of February. “This contract is in addition to...
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Italy suspends flights from Brazil in response to new corona variant
Italy is suspending flights from Brazil, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Saturday, in response to a new coronavirus variant. Anyone who has transited Brazil in the last 14 days is also prohibited from entering Italy, he said on Facebook, while people arriving in Italy from Brazil will be required to take a test for...
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Hassan announces Berri’s initiative to transfer field hospital from Tyre to Beirut, confirms the start of the distribution of respiratory and oxygenating devices
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...