Britain’s shuttered pubs urgently need the government to decide when they can reopen from coronavirus lockdown to help them survive, the British Beer and Pub Association said on Wednesday. Pub beer sales slumped by 56 percent or £7.8 billion ($10.8 billion, 8.9 billion euros) last year on the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, which sparked a series...
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After Wuhan mission on pandemic origins, WHO team dismisses lab leak theory
After a 12-day visit, a World Health Organization mission to Wuhan appeared no closer Tuesday to solving the mystery of the pandemic’s origins, reiterating that the coronavirus likely spread to humans from an animal and casting doubt on theories it leaked from a lab. The group’s findings — more than a year after the initial...
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Ministry of Health: 2,879 new Corona cases, 60 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced, on Tuesday, the registration of 2,879 new Corona infections, thus raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to-date to 324,859. It also indicated that 60 deaths were recorded during the past 24 hours.
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Hassan from Marjayoun Hospital: No obstacle to starting vaccination on Monday
Caretaker Public Health Minister Hamad Hassan visited this afternoon the Marjayoun Governmental Hospital, as part of a tour of the districts of Jezzine, Marjayoun and Bint Jbeil, where he announced the opening of a new section for treating Corona patients at the hospital. Hassan stressed his Ministry’s determined follow-up on the development of governmental hospitals...
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Health Minister visits Jezzine Governmental Hospital
Caretaker Public Health Minister, Hamad Hassan, visited the Jezzine Governmental Hospital this morning, where he met with its director, administrative body and medical team. The hospital director, Dr. Charbel Massad, briefed the caretaker Health Minister about the hospital’s needs and admission capacity, “as 15 corona beds and 6 intensive care beds have been prepared, with...
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No indication of Covid in Wuhan before Dec 2019, lab leak virus theory ‘extremely unlikely’: WHO
In a press briefing today, WHO scientists shed some light on the explosive spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Wuhan. There is insufficient evidence to determine that coronavirus was being spread in China’s central Wuhan before December 2019, a joint World Health Organization (WHO) and Chinese expert mission into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic...
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Araji: Vaccine is a successful treatment against COVID
Head of the Parliamentary Health Committee, MP Assem Araji, stressed that “the vaccine is a successful and effective treatment against Corona and the only way to reach safety for all of humanity.” Araji praised “the media platform launched by the Ministry of Information with the aim of educating people about the importance of vaccination to...
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Health Ministry: 2,063 new Coronavirus cases, 61 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced, on Monday, that 2,063 new Coronavirus infections have been registered, thus raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to-date to 321,980. It also indicated that 61 deaths were recorded during the past 24 hours.
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Information International’s Opinion Poll reveals information about Lebanese people’s intent to get Covid-19 vaccine: 38% reject it, 31% want to get it, 31% have not decided
Information International on Monday distributed a statement containing the results of an opinion poll it had conducted on the willingness of the Lebanese population to receive the Coronavirus vaccine. The statement explained that the company had conducted a poll from January 30, 2021 to February 4, 2021, to discover the opinion of a representative sample...
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Abdel Samad: Journalists among the firsts to be vaccinated against coronaviru
Caretaker Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, indicated that upon an agreement with the Health Ministry and the national Vaccine Registration Committee, journalists would be among the firsts to be vaccinated against coronavirus. “We have agreed with the MoPH and the national vaccine committee to give priority to journalists, since they are in the front...