Middle East Airlines announced Friday four flights to take off Sunday in order to evacuate Lebanese expats abroad, after Cabinet approved a mechanism for their return. According to a statement by MEA, the flights are organized “in accordance with the conditions laid down by the government.” The Cabinet’s decision states ... Read More »
The Central Bank Friday instructed commercial banks to allow customers with deposits of not more than LL5 million to withdraw their money after converting them to the current dollar market exchange rate based on the prices of an electronic platform that will be created soon. Central Bank Gov. Riad Salameh ... Read More »
The Health Ministry announced on Friday that the number of coronavirus cases rose to 508 infected individuals and 17 deaths. “The total number of laboratory-confirmed cases has reached 508, including those diagnosed at private hospitals, laboratories accredited by the Ministry of Health, and the state-run Rafik Hariri University Hospital,” said ... Read More »
The World Bank approved the re-allocation of $40 million under the current Health Resilience Project (US$120 million) to strengthen Lebanon’s Health Ministry’s capacity to respond to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the WB said in a press release on Thursday. The funds will help “by equipping governmental hospitals and increasing their ... Read More »
Prime Minister Hassan Diab has scratched the item relevant to appointments in the financial and banking sector from the agenda of the Cabinet session held Thursday at Baabda palace, as indicated by Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad. “The PM saw that the appointments must be [based] upon competences and ... Read More »
Lebanon’s coronavirus death toll reached 16 Thursday, as 15 new cases were announced by the Health Ministry. These new figures brought the total number of registered coronavirus cases in Lebanon to 494, according to the ministry. One of the patients to succumb to the coronavirus was the Philippines Ambassador to ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, took to Twitter Wednesday to salute the newspapers that responded to her ministry’s campaign aimed to raise awareness on the novel coronavirus and the importance of the preventive measures. “Despite the general mobilization, there are still people who fail to comply,” she tweeted. “Sickness ... Read More »
On April 1st, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health recorded 16 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. The ministry announced the new total of cases in its daily coronavirus report released on Wednesday. “Until 01/04/2020, the total of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases at Rafik Hariri University Hospital, accredited university hospital laboratories, as well ... Read More »
Rafic Hariri University Hospital released on Wednesday its daily report on the latest developments on coronavirus. The report stated that the total number of laboratory-confirmed infected cases that were quarantined in the hospital’s health isolation section reached 56 cases, including 2 cases transferred to the Hariri Hospital from other hospitals. ... Read More »
Minister of Public Health, Hamad Hassan, on Wednesday indicated that the number of domestic coronavirus cases had been on the rise following the closure of Lebanon’s air and sea ports, warning that further increase would drag the country to the unknown. “Within two weeks, ever since we suspended air and ... Read More »
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