The article below was written two days before the massive explosion that occured at the Beirut Port on Tuesday, August 4, just after 6 p.m, killing at least 154 people …
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Lilian Ghandour

Lilian Ghandour
Dr. Lilian A. Ghandour is an associate professor of epidemiology at the Faculty of Health Sciences at the American University of Beirut. She is also a member of the executive committee of the Lebanese Epidemiological Association.
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This pandemic has been described as the defining global health crisis of our time. The novel coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2 is the cause of a deadly respiratory disease called COVID-19, currently …