Posted By
Najib
Feb 07, 2021 04:41
Moderna's Chairman and co-founder Noubar Afeyan made headlines in Lebanon and around the world when his company announced a vaccine candidate against the COVID-19 virus. Born to Armenian parents in Lebanon, Afeyan immigrated with his family in his early teens to Canada before going to the US and earning a Ph.D. in biochemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Moderna includes several other Lebanese-born executives and scientists who were recently decorated with the…
Posted By
Najib
Jan 23, 2021 07:00
Lebanon has moved in recent weeks to COVID alert level 4, which means we're in an uncontrolled epidemic with limited additional health system capacity available. The test positivity rate is still very high and hospitals are overwhelmed but we can only hope the coming weeks will ease things for Lebanon's medical staff and the people. On a more positive note, the vaccination rollout program was announced this week with the World Bank allocating $34 million…
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