Three Initiatives by Lebanese To Produce Ventilators For #COVID19 Patients

Are there enough ventilators to treat all the patients? This is a question that's being asked all over the world as the coronavirus pandemic spreads its wings. Ventilators are key to treating critical patients as the coronavirus affects a patient's lungs directly, and Lebanon needs to acquire as much as possible to fill the critical gap if the virus were to spread. Luckily, and aside from the donations we got to acquire new ventilators, three…

Calls to applaud the medical staff at 5PM, while MTV Lebanon launches marathon Téléthon day

The image has been shared widely around Europe, in France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands in particular. People stepping out on their balconies and saluting the medical staff working at hospitals, at around 8PM every night since Tuesday. Videos of citizens applauding the hospital workers went viral, just like the ones we had during the thawra times in Lebanon, portraying people knocking on kitchen utensils every night. The call has been replicated here, and people…
Hotels

Information Ministry Launches Official #COVID19 Website

5 years ago
The Lebanese Information Ministry has launched officially today a website dedicated to the covid19 crisis, where the latest stats regarding the outbreak. The aim, as mentioned by the minister, is to have one official source ...
Health

Thermal Scanners Deployed at Rafic Hariri International Airport

5 years ago
The Chinese Ambassador to Lebanon tweeted earlier today pictures of two human temperature measuring equipments donated by Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd and deployed at the airport. This will help the authorities measure temperatures without ...
Critiques

Ministry of Public Health First COVID-19 Bulletin is Out

5 years ago
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 ...
Health

[Open Thread]: Coronavirus in Lebanon – Daily Updates

5 years ago
I’m opening a thread on the Coronavirus spread in Lebanon and I will update it on a daily basis. This will hopefully help keep the blog’s readers up to date with what’s happening, raise awareness ...
Lebanon

Tennis – Lebanon emphatically wins tie against Thailand to remain in Davis Cup Group I

5 years ago
Spanning over 2 days, and withstanding rain, the Coronavirus fears and Eurobonds crisis, it seemed like there was another Lebanon inside the ATCL arena, celebrating today the consolidation of the country’s presence in the Davis ...
Lebanon

New MEA Airbus A321neo vs A320

5 years ago
Lebanese Plane Spotters leaked a photo earlier this week of MEA’s first Airbus A321neo with the new livery. Scanning through the comments, most people didn’t like the dominant blue color which doesn’t really mix with ...
Art

Amin Maalouf Granted National Order of Merit by French President Macron

5 years ago
During a ceremony held in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron honored Lebanese-born French author Amin Maalouf with the National Order of Merit (Grand officier de l’Ordre national du Mérite) for his contributions to literature. Amin ...
Baladi

Lebanon’s First Appearance in the Brazilian Carnival

5 years ago
Every year, to celebrate the onset of Lent, the forty days of abstinence before Easter, a Carnival of colors is held in Sao Paolo. This year, Lebanon will be taking part for the first time ...
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