The other web tool, a portal produced by a company called MTX Group in coordination with Google, will help the state perform contact tracing of people who test positive for COVID-19. Less is known ... ( read original story ...)
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp faces resistance over move to reopen economy
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is running into resistance from mayors and businesses who fear a new wave of coronavirus infections as he seeks an early end to his state's shutdown. ( read original story ...)
Georgia businesses hesitant to embrace Kemp’s call to reopen
Gov. Brian Kemp's call to reopen shuttered businesses in Georgia left many business owners wary and confused Tuesday as they considered how to protect themselves and their ... ( read original story ...)
Georgia faces pressure to reconsider its reopening
Georgia is coming under pressure to reconsider its plans to begin allowing some businesses to open at the end of the week, even as the state has seen an uptick in coronavirus cases. ( read original story ...)
Georgia governor’s decision to start reopening state draws mixed reactions from business owners
The fact that he said it's OK to open doesn't mean that the virus transmission is different or that less people will die," one business owner said. ( read original story ...)
‘Die From Hunger or Die From the Disease’: Protests Flare in Lebanon
Antigovernment protesters demonstrated in Beirut, Lebanon, as social distancing measures because of the coronavirus have amplified the country’s economic crisis. ( read original story ...)
Lebanon Passes Legislation Legalizing Medical Marijuana Cultivation As Economy Struggles Amid Coronavirus Fallout
Recreational use and cultivation of cannabis will remain illegal, but the country aims to build a legal industry for medicinal and industrial purposes. ( read original story ...)
Lebanon legalizes cannabis farming for medicinal use
The Lebanese parliament legalized farming for medicinal use on Tuesday, a potentially lucrative export for an economy in dire need of foreign currency as it grapples with a paralyzing financial crisis ... ( read original story ...)
Several dead in ‘indiscriminate’ Lebanon mass shooting
Beirut, Lebanon - At least nine people, including two children, have been shot dead by a lone gunman south of Beirut, according to a security source, in what is believed to be Lebanon's deadliest mass ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon’s waste crisis worsens amid COVID-19 outbreak
A local NGO is taking care of medical waste produced by health institutions amid the coronavirus crisis in Lebanon, which is already grappling with an acute trash crisis. This prompted major ... ( read original story ...)