The Ministry of Tourism announced in a statement on Sunday, “allowing restaurants to operate 24 hours, through home delivery services only, and ordering from vehicles (Drive-Thru), while keeping the lounges completely closed and not receiving customers indoors, based on decree #96/M issued on 6/2/2021 by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers with regards to...
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Health Ministry: 2,081 new Corona cases, 54 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced, on Sunday, that 2,081 new Corona infections have been registered, thus raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to-date to 319,917. It also indicated that 54 deaths were recorded during the past 24 hours.
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Kanaan inaugurates ‘Saint Anthony Medical Center’ in Douar: Our goal is to protect our community, relieve pressure on hospitals
MP Ibrahim Kanaan inaugurated Saturday the new “Saint Anthony Medical and Quarantine Center” in the area of Douar, as part of an initiative by the Municipality of Douar, in the presence of the Municipality Head Elie Sakr, and members of the municipal council.The new center includes a number of beds with oxygen machines and medical...
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Health Ministry: 2,496 new Corona cases, 67 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced on Saturday that 2,496 new Corona infections have been registered, thus raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to-date to 317,836. The Ministry also indicated that 67 deaths were recorded during the past 24 hours.
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China has approved the use of the second locally developed vaccine against COVID19
France-Press Agency reported that the authorities responsible for the pharmaceutical sector in China have given a “conditional green light” to use the second vaccine against COVID-19 developed in the country, called “Corona Vacc”, which was developed by Sinovac, as announced today by the pharmaceutical industries company. “The approval for the use of the vaccine comes...
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Italy clears emergency use of COVID19 antibody therapies
Italy’s Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Saturday it had signed the decree authorising the emergency use of monoclonal antibodies to treat the coronavirus. Italy’s medicines regulator AIFA on Friday had given its green light for emergency use of COVID-19 antibody therapies developed by U.S drugmakers Eli Lilly and Regeneron. – Reuters
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China approves Sinovac Biotech COVID19 vaccine for general public use
Sinovac Biotech said on Saturday that its unit’s COVID-19 vaccine has been formally approved for use by the general public by China’s medical products regulator. Prior to the approval, the CoronaVac vaccine had already been administered in China’s vaccination programme mainly targeting key groups deemed to be at higher risk of exposure to the virus....
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Ministry of Health: Record 98 deaths, 3071 infection cases
The Ministry of Public Health announced 3071 new coronavirus infection cases, which brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 315340. A record number of 98 deaths has been recorded.
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Minister of Health: Epidemiological reality still worrying, 98 deaths registered today
Caretaker Minister of Health, Hamad Hassan, announced after the meeting of the Ministerial Committee for Coronavirus, that “the criteria for assessing the epidemiological reality are still worrying in light of the registration of deaths in elderly homes. Today, the death rate in Lebanon reached a record number of 98.” He pointed out that “the plan...
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Ministry of Health issues Emergency Use Authorization for Russian vaccine SPUTNIK V
The technical committee formed by caretaker Minister of Public Health, Hamad Hassan, to research the registration of vaccines provided by the private sector, agreed to allow the issuance of an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Russian vaccine, SPUTNIK V, provided that it is imported exclusively by a certified party. The decision was made during...