The Coronavirus Follow-up Committee on Wednesday recommended banning travelers arriving directly from India and Brazil from entering Lebanon through Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, as well as through the country’s land and sea crossings “unless they had been in a third country for a period of at least 14 days.”
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BioNTech co-founder says he’s confident that vaccine works against Indian variant
BioNTech co-founder Ugur Sahin voices confidence that the vaccine his company jointly developed with Pfizer works against the Indian variant of the coronavirus. “We are still testing the Indian variant, but the Indian variant has mutations that we have already tested for and which our vaccine works against, so I am confident,” says Sahin. “The...
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Ministry of Health: 1182 new coronavirus cases, 26 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 1182 new coronavirus infection cases, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 522763. 26 deaths have been registered over the past 24 hours.
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Ministry of Information circulates video on ways to report COVID-19 vaccine side effects
The Ministry of Information on Tuesday distributed to various media outlets a video on ways to report side effects after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine. The video was produced in cooperation between the Ministries of Information and Public Health, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), as part of a series of awareness videos on coronavirus and...
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Hassan, Land Transport Union discuss need to accelerate vaccination of drivers
Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hamad Hassan, on Monday discussed with a delegation representing the Land Transport Union, headed by Bassam Tleis, the pressing need to accelerate the administration of Covid-19 vaccine to drivers, especially that buses, minivans, and public cars are among the most common means of spreading the Coronavirus infection . Separately,...
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Ministry of Public Health: 642 new coronavirus cases, 29 deaths
642 new coronavirus cases and 29 deaths have been recorded in Lebanon in the past 24 hours, as announced by the Ministry of Public Health on Monday.
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Health Ministry: 1524 new Corona cases, 24 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced, on Sunday, the registration of 1,524 new Corona infections, thus raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to-date to 520,939. It added that 24 deaths were also recorded during the past 24 hours
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Health Ministry: 1511 new Corona cases, 28 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced, on Saturday, the registration of 1,511 new Corona infections, thus raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to-date to 519,615. It also indicated that 28 deaths were recorded during the past 24 hours.
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Ministry of Health: 1,504 new infections, 33 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 1,504 new coronavirus infection cases, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 518104. 33 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours.
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EU backs AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine as reviews into blood clots continue
Europe’s drug regulator reiterated on Friday that benefits of AstraZeneca’s (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine outweigh any risks, as part of a detailed guidance from ongoing reviews into rare blood clots to help individual nations determine the shot’s use. The renewed backing comes after several countries in the European Union and worldwide have limited the use of the vaccine,...