Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hamad Hassan, on Monday met with an “UNRWA” delegation headed by UNRWA Director in Lebanon, Claudio Cordone, in the presence of World Health Organization representative in Lebanon, Iman Al-Shankiti, and head of the National Committee for the Management of the Vaccination dossier, Dr. Abdel-Rahman Al-Bizri. The meeting agreed on...
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Moderna says its vaccine effective against UK, South Africa mutant strain
US biotechnology firm Moderna on Monday said lab studies showed its Covid-19 vaccine would remain protective against variants of the coronavirus first identified in the United Kingdom and South Africa. But out of caution, the company will test adding a second booster of its vaccine — to make three shots in total — and has...
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Biden to reinstate Covid travel bans: White House official
President Joe Biden will re-impose a Covid-19 travel ban on most non-US citizens who have been in Britain, Brazil, Ireland and much of Europe, a White House official said Sunday, as the new administration ramps up its pandemic response. Biden will also on Monday extend the ban to travelers who have recently been to South...
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Mexican president Lopez Obrador says he has Covid-19
Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced Sunday that he was infected with the coronavirus, but said his symptoms are mild and he feels optimistic. “I regret to inform you that I am infected with Covid-19. The symptoms are mild but I am already undergoing medical treatment,” the 67-year-old said in a message on social...
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Italy to take legal action on COVID vaccine delays to get doses
Italy will take legal action and step up pressure in Brussels against Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca over delays in deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines with a view to securing agreed supplies, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Sunday. The aim was to get the companies to meet the vaccine volumes they had promised and not...
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Health Ministry: 3,010 new Corona cases, 50 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced, Sunday, the registration of 3,010 new Coronavirus cases, thus raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to-date to 279,579. It added that 50 deaths were also reported within the past 24 hours.
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UK health minister says hopes schools can open by Easter, will depend on data
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday he hoped schools, which have been closed to most pupils since Jan. 5 as part of a national lockdown, would be able to reopen by Easter in early April but said it would depend on COVID-19 data. “I would hope so,” Hancock said, when asked during an...
Coronavirus curfew begins in Netherlands; First curfew since WWII
The Netherlands introduced its first enforced curfew since World War Two on Saturday night. The restriction took effect at 9 p.m., and was to continue through 4:30 a.m. as a way to slow the spread of coronavirus in the country. The curfew will continue every night through 4:30 a.m. on February 10. All members of...
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Health Ministry: 4,176 new Corona cases, 52 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced, Saturday, the registration of 4,176 new Coronavirus cases, thus raising the cumulative number of confirmed cases to-date to 27,658. It added that 52 deaths were also reported within the past 24 hours.
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Norway’s capital tightens lockdown to combat more contagious virus variant
Norway’s capital Oslo and nine neighbouring municipalities will impose some of their toughest lockdown measures yet after an outbreak of a more contagious coronavirus variant, first identified in Britain, the government said on Saturday. Shopping centres and other non-essential stores will be closed from noon local time on Saturday, organised sports activities will be halted...