Posted By
Najib
Mar 23, 2020 07:30
The fundraising initiative that MTV launched last week on Sar el Wa2et and continued yesterday culminated in over 30 billion Lebanese liras of donations, which is equivalent to roughly 20 million dollars at the official "no longer used by anyone" rate of 1515. The majority of donations were to support The Lebanese Red Cross and government hospitals confront the COVID19 crisis, amid a lack of support from a broke state. It was truly heartwarming seeing…
Posted By
Najib
Mar 18, 2020 04:41
According to the chart published today by the AUB Global Health Institute, Lebanon is relatively doing much better than other countries, such as Switzerland, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Austria, Greece and Bahrain, in containing #COVID19 till now. The chart compares the number of reported cases in each country and shows a slower trend for Lebanon, which is encouraging but a bit misleading for three reasons: - The study does not take into account the population in…
Critiques
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