PHILO PHOTO: Health workers take swab samples from passengers arriving at Beirut International Airport on their renewed day following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), in Beirut, Lebanon July 1, 2020. REUTERS / Aziz Taher BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon must shut down two weeks after a rise in coronavirus infections, the …
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PHILO PHOTO: A worker takes a blood sample from a man during a clinical trial of coronavirus antibodies (COVID-19), at Keele University, in Keele, UK 30 June 2020. REUTERS / Carl Recine LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Monday urged parents and volunteers of Black and Asian minority groups to sign …
Read More »Lebanon needs two weeks to shut down after ‘shocking’ COVID-19 rise, says minister
PHILO PHOTO: Health workers take swab samples from passengers arriving at Beirut International Airport on their renewed day following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), in Beirut, Lebanon July 1, 2020. REUTERS / Aziz Taher BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon must shut down two weeks after a rise in coronavirus infections, the …
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