Posted By
Najib
Mar 11, 2020 03:55
"Cancel Everything: Social distancing is the only way to stop the coronavirus.We must start immediately". That was the title of one of the coronavirus-related articles on The Atlantic today and it's hard to disagree with the author. These measures may seem extreme but the mass hysteria that the coronavirus is causing coupled with the recklessness of a large number of people are making the virus spread at a frightening speed, and threatening to overwhelm our…
Posted By
Najib
Mar 10, 2020 02:40
The Ministry of Public Health shared its first National Epidemiological Surveillance Program Bulletin on COVID-19 as of March 8th and it contains some insights on the spread of this virus in Lebanon. - 32 cases were confirmed as of March 8 . - 38% of the cases came from Iran, 3% from Egypt, 3% from the UK. - Reasons of infections for 30 out of the 32 cases were travel related and contacts of confirmed…
Critiques
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It’s official, PM Hassan Diab has announced today that Lebanon is unable to pay its foreign currency loans and will default on its sovereign debt ($1.2bn Eurobond due on 9 March) for the first time ...
Critiques
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Lebanon’s revolution against corruption continues and the long awaited judicial appointments “might” be a step in the right direction if no political interference takes place. An independent judiciary committee and a capable judiciary system have ...
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Update: State Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat has suspended a ruling by Financial Prosecutor Ali Ibrahim on freezing the assets of 20 banks, TV networks said. Financial Prosecutor Ali Ibrahim has put a “prevention of disposal” signal ...
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Prime Minister Diab said today during a meeting with the diplomatic corps that “The State is no longer able to protect the Lebanese” and that “We are facing immense difficulties, and the State’s mechanisms are ...
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Update March 3, 2020: Lebanon’s Central Bank has agreed to grant Lebanese industrialists 100 million dollars to import raw materials and keep their factories running. Even though this is not enough, but it’s a positive ...
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“We were doing so much better before the Revolution” “Banks were giving us our money normally before the protests started” “This Revolution has destroyed the economy” “What did the Revolution achieve? We were leading a ...
Critiques
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The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health confirmed a third case of coronavirus in Lebanon, after a man arriving from Iran on February 24 tested positive. This means that all three infected people so far were ...
