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WHO: COVID strain first detected in India found in 53 territories

WHO: COVID strain first detected in India found in 53 territories

The coronavirus variant first detected in India has now been officially recorded in 53 territories, a World Health Organization (WHO) report shows. Additionally, the WHO has received information from unofficial sources that the B.1.617 variant has been found in seven other territories, figures in the UN health agency’s weekly epidemiological update showed on Wednesday, taking...

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Health Ministry: 323 new Corona cases, 6 deaths

The Ministry of Public Health announced, on Tuesday, the registration of 323 new Corona infections, thus raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to-date to 538,991. It added that 6 deaths were recorded during the past 24 hours.

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Health Minister: Medicine shortage crisis to ease up, Saturday’s Marathon devoted to stimulating vaccination

Caretaker Public Health Minister, Hamad Hassan, stressed Tuesday that “there is no lifting of subsidy on medicine,” adding that “the problem of drug scarcity is not related to the Ministry of Public Health, but rather involves the Central Bank and medicine companies due to the financial crisis between them.” Speaking to “Al-Jadid TV” Channel earlier...

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Bizri says Lebanon gradually reaching herd immunity

Bizri says Lebanon gradually reaching herd immunity

In light of the continuous decrease in the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths in Lebanon, the arrival of more vaccines, as well as the increasing number of vaccinated people, the questions that keeps repeating itself is whether Lebanon still needs to strictly adhere to preventive measures, such as social distancing and wearing masks.  Despite...

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At least 115,000 health workers have died from Covid: WHO

At least 115,000 health workers have died from Covid: WHO

At least 115,000 health and care workers have died from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, the WHO chief said Monday, calling for a dramatic scale-up of vaccination in all countries. At the opening of the World Health Organization’s main annual assembly, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hailed the sacrifices made by health workers around...

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'We are at war' against Covid, UN chief says

‘We are at war’ against Covid, UN chief says

The world is “at war” against Covid-19, the UN chief said Monday, urging the international community to adopt a war logic to halt the pandemic. “We are at war with a virus. We need the logic and urgency of a war economy to boost the capacity of our weapons,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the...

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Health Ministry: 300 new Corona cases, 7 deaths

The Ministry of Public Health announced, on Sunday, the registration of 300 new Corona infections, thus raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to-date to 538,518. It added that 7 deaths were also recorded during the past 24 hours.

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Health Ministry: 450 new Coronavirus cases, 6 deaths

Health Ministry: 450 new Coronavirus cases, 6 deaths

The Ministry of Public Health announced, on Friday, the registration of 450 new Coronavirus infections, thus raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to-date to 537887.  It also indicated that 6 deaths have been recorded during the past 24 hours.