Bacterial diseases specialist at Rafik Hariri Hospital, Dr. Asima Dabouni, on Thursday confirmed to the National News Agency that the rumors that have been circulating on social media about the groups that should steer clear from the Coronavirus vaccine were untrue, let alone not scientifically based. To the contrary, she emphasized that people who suffered...
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Ministers of Health, Information launch national registration platform for coronavirus vaccination
Caretaker Minister of Public Health Hamad Hassan, and Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad, launched this Thursday the national platform for registration for the coronavirus vaccine, in a press conference held at the Ministry of Public Health. Hassan affirmed that the goal is to “deliver real information to the citizens, and we pray that they will...
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Pfizer vaccine only slightly less effective against key South African mutations – study
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine appeared to lose only a small bit of effectiveness against an engineered virus with three key mutations from the new coronavirus variant found in South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by the U.S. drugmaker. The study by Pfizer and scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch...
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WHO team probing coronavirus origins in China’s Wuhan set to leave quarantine
A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan is preparing to leave hotel quarantine and begin on-the-ground fieldwork, two weeks after arriving in China. The visit, delayed by diplomatic tensions and concerns over access, marks a new phase in the long-awaited probe into how the virus first emerged, with experts cautioning that there are no guarantees of clear answers.
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Ministry of Health: 3906 new coronavirus cases, 76 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 3906 new coronavirus infection cases, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 289660. 76 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours.
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Confusion over AstraZeneca-EU talks on vaccine delay
Confusion erupted on Wednesday over a scheduled meeting between AstraZeneca and the EU to discuss the pharmaceutical group’s delay in delivering its Covid-19 vaccine. An EU official told AFP that AstraZeneca had abruptly pulled out of the meeting — the third called for this week — in what was seen as an escalation in the...
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Diab chairs Inter-Ministerial Coronavirus Committee meeting to discuss vaccination plan
Caretaker Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, chaired at the Grand Serail, the meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Committee for the follow up of Coronavirus Vaccination Plan. The meeting was attended by Ministers Zeina Akar, Imad Hoballah, Michel Najjar, Ramzi Musharrafieh, Hamad Hassan, Talal Hawat, Vartine Ohanian, and Charbel Wehbe, in addition to Parliamentary Health Committee Head, MP...
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Diab chairs meeting for ministerial coronavirus committee
Caretaker Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, chaired Wednesday at the Grand Serail, a meeting for the Inter-ministerial Committee for the Follow up of the Coronavirus.
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Health Ministry: 3505 new coronavirus cases, 73 deaths
3505 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in Lebanon during the past 24 hours, raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 285745, and 73 deaths have been registered, as indicated by the Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday.
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German government considering drastic flight reductions to contain COVID: Bild
The German government is discussing reducing to almost zero the number of flights into Germany in a bid to prevent more virulent mutant variants of the Coronavirus finding a foothold in Germany, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told Bild newspaper.– Reuters