Minister of Public Health, Dr. Firas Al-Abyad, announced, in a statement on social media, that “the number of vaccinated people today in the Pfizer Marathon for teachers, students, and everyone who wants to take the vaccine has reached 30,582.” Al-Abyad pointed out that “the Omicron wave that started three weeks ago in Lebanon is turning … Read more
The Ministry of Public Health announced, in its daily report, “the registration of 7,547 new cases infected with the emerging “Corona” virus (Covid 19) from yesterday, bringing the cumulative number of infections since February 21, 2020, to 769,400.” She explained that “7285 injuries were recorded among residents and 262 cases among expats,” noting that “17 … Read more
The media office of the Ministry of Public Health announced in a statement that, “starting next Monday, the tenth of January, the cost of the mandatory PCR test for all arrivals will be reduced upon arrival at Rafic Hariri International Airport, with the exception of children under 12 years old, to become thirty dollars. instead … Read more
World Health Organization officials said that the new mutated version of the Corona virus, “Omicron”, which is the fastest transmitting and most contagious, appears to cause less severe disease symptoms than the “Delta” mutant, the world’s dominant version. But they added that Omicron’s infection should not be classified as “mild”. Janet Diaz, head of clinical … Read more
The Ennahda party in Tunisia denounced the accusations against its detained official, Noureddine El Beheiry, and said they bore a “political overtone”. Tunisian Interior Minister Tawfiq Sharaf El-Din announced that two people, including an official of the Islamic Renaissance Party, were placed under house arrest because of “illegal submission of identity and citizenship documents and … Read more
The candidate of the “Lebanese Forces” in the Batroun district, Ghiath Yazbek, considered in a statement in response to the appearance of Representative Gibran Bassil on television, that “the discourse pursued by the current, which is mixed with distortion, reversing facts and stirring instincts, has become the first enemy of the Aounite state,” and that … Read more
Turkey has raised electricity prices by rates ranging between 50 and 100% for domestic use and for companies, and again raised prices in monthly natural gas bills, which increases the burdens in an economy reeling under the weight of high inflation. And the authority responsible for regulating the energy sector in the country announced that … Read more
The Meteorological Department in Lebanon announced that “Lebanon is gradually affected by an air depression that is currently concentrated in northwest Egypt, which leads to volatile and sometimes rainy weather during the coming days, so that the rains will be light and scattered and distributed more over the interior and southern regions as a result … Read more