The EU will have enough Covid-19 vaccine doses to cover 70 percent of its adult population by mid-July due to higher production within the bloc, a senior official said on Tuesday. Fifty-three factories are producing vaccines in the EU. Our continent is now the largest producer in the world after the United States,” internal markets...
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Araji: 2 million Pfizer and AstraZeneca shots to reach Lebanon between May and June
Two million shots of Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccine are expected to arrive to Lebanon between the months of May and June, Head of the Public Health House Committee, MP Assem Araji, told Radio Lebanon on Friday. Araji also indicated that only 5% of the Lebanese received their first vaccine shot, adding that the turnout by citizens...
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British regulator says AstraZeneca COVID shot clots rise to 168
Britain’s medicines regulator on Thursday said there had been 168 major blood clots following a dose of AstraZeneca’s (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine, a rate of 7.9 clots per million doses, a jump in incidence from the previous week’s figure. This was up from the 100 cases reported last week, when the overall case incidence was 4.9...
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Araji: Lebanon currently enjoys 40% herd immunity against Covid-19
Parliamentary Health Committee Head, MP Assem Araji, on Thursday told “The Voice of All Lebanon” radio station that Lebanon currently enjoyed 40% herd immunity against the Coronavirus as a result of recorded infections, in addition to the number of vaccinated individuals to date. “Accelerating the pace of vaccination within the next two months may raise...
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Ministry of Public Health: 1512 new coronavirus cases, 30 deaths
1512 new coronavirus cases and 30 deaths have been recorded in Lebanon in the past 24 hours, as announced by the Ministry of Public Health on Thursday.
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Ministry of Health: 1608 new infection cases, 36 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 1608 new coronavirus infection cases, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 513006. 36 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours.
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Araji: No problem has been reported by anyone who received AstraZeneca vaccine in Lebanon
Parliamentary Health Committee Head, MP Assem Araji, on Tuesday pointed in an interview with the “Voice of Lebanon” radio station to some positive indicators regarding the Coronavirus across Lebanon in light of the plummeting number of deaths and infections. The lawmaker confirmed the acceleration of the pace of the vaccination process during the months of...
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Health Ministry: 995 new Coronavirus cases, 34 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced, on Monday, the registration of 995 new Coronavirus infections, thus raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to-date to 511398. It also indicated that 34 deaths have been recorded during the past 24 hours.
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Johnson cancels trip to India due to coronavirus worries
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday cancelled a planned trip to India, scheduled to take place next week, saying it was a sensible move in light of a surge in COVID-19 infections there. India is enduring a second wave of the virus, with infections passing the 15 million mark, second only to the United...
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To accelerate return to campus, AUB announces that it will vaccinate all of its community
The American University of Beirut (AUB) President Dr. Fadlo R. Khuri, announced this morning in a message to the AUB community that “on Friday April 16, 2021, AUB led a consortium of four university medical centers in Beirut who signed an agreement with the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), in the presence of the representative...