Inadequate Government Response Creates Risk of Hunger for Many Millions of Lebanon’s residents are at risk of going hungry due to pandemic-related lockdown measures unless the government urgently puts in place a robust, coordinated plan to provide assistance, Human Rights Watch said today. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated an already ... Read More »
Health Minister Conducts Inspection Tour In Bcharri And Zghorta: Finding Positive Cases Does Not Call For Worry
Public Health Minister, Dr. Hamad Hassan, pointed out that the crisis cell in Bcharre is a scientific, accurate and reliable group, considering that “finding positive cases does not call for worry but rather helps us detect the source of these infections and tracking them.” Minister Hassan conducted a tour in ... Read More »
President Aoun Chairs Security Ministerial Meeting, Stresses Necessity To Strengthen Security Measures
President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, chaired a security ministerial meeting, today at the Presidential Palace, devoted to address the security situation in the country and evaluating the measures taken. The meeting was attended by Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Mrs. Zeina ... Read More »
Total Coronavirus Cases Hit 575 Including Expats
Lebanon recorded an increase in the number of people infected with coronavirus, recording 27 new cases on Wednesday including 11 Lebanese expats, without new deaths. The Health Ministry said the total reached 575 cases including eleven expats flown into Lebanon from Madrid and Paris a day earlier. Out of 108 ... Read More »
7 new Coronavirus cases registered in Lebanon – Health Ministry
The Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that 7 new Coronavirus cases were reported, bringing the total number of cases in Lebanon to 548. The ministry added that the number of tests conducted during the past 24 hours reached 568 tests without the ones conducted from the Lebanese nationals who ... Read More »
Expat Planes from Paris, Madrid Also Carry Medical Aid
The French Red Cross on Tuesday sent around a ton of medical aid to the Lebanese Red Cross aboard an evacuation plane carrying Lebanese expats from Paris, MTV said. The TV network said the French Red Cross made the initiative and collaborated with Lebanese Ambassador to France Rami Adwan and ... Read More »
Kubis Salutes Health Workers’ Efforts against COVID-19
U.S. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jan Kubis hailed on Tuesday the efforts of health workers in Lebanon and in the world for their “sacrifices” to stem the coronavirus pandemic. “On this WorldHeathDay we salute all Lebanese and international health workers that are in the frontlines of battle against coronavirus in ... Read More »
Minister Of Information After Cabinet Session: Government Determined To Protect Lebanese At Home And Abroad
Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, confirmed in the wake of the Cabinet session held this Tuesday at the Grand Serail that the “Lebanese [people’s] confidence in the State has been restored, and it must be strengthened.” She indicated that “the government is determined to protect the Lebanese, at home ... Read More »
Lebanon Repatriates Nationals in Rare Flights despite Virus
Lebanon on Sunday started repatriating nationals who were stranded abroad in its first flights in weeks since it closed its international airport to stem the novel coronavirus. Many Lebanese work abroad, in the Gulf or in Africa, while thousands of youth study in Europe. The first of four planes touched ... Read More »
Cars in Lebanon Will Now Be Allowed on the Roads Based on Odd/Even License Plates
The Ministry of Interior and Municipalities released a circular that regulates traffic on the basis of even and odd license plate numbers, as a new preventive measure against the COVID-19 outbreak in Lebanon. As per the decision, which was announced on Sunday, April 5th, personal and public vehicles with license ... Read More »